#honeyst

[sleepyhaed]

I MISS HONEYST 😭😭😭😭 NOT THAT ANYONE ON THIS PLANET REMEMBERS THEM CRIES IN NUGU

[faceglitchsworld]

This might sound a little unpopular, since K-Bands are supposed to write their own songs or the community (or at least a part of it) might perceive them as unauthentic or fake but, you know, I'm glad that Yonghwa is taking care of Hi-Fi Un!corn by writing the songs and curating the concept for them.

The band came from a survival show and I think that the members are currently trying to build some bonding between each other (hence why they're doing concerts over concerts as opening acts) before making their own thing.

And it's a good thing for me, tbh. It's been years since FNC debuted a new band and it's better having a slow building than a fast one.

[djjiahn]

Well, since we last spoke, I have a new job that I adore and I have a boyfriend! Whom I also adore! 🤭

I’m also redoing my room & omggggg it looks like a dream… I’m in love with it

What about you, dear??

Ooooo that's so exciting!! I'm very happy for you ☺️

[roseband]

ok how is the show idol band working bc like i know one of u guys have to be watching it

and i just came across a vid of a performance w/ a guy shredding fnc style like [redacted ex-fti member] with a trumpET plAYER in the same band and im hooked

[validwarriorcatsnames]

This is Ryuu, aka my sour patch kitty. She's feisty but she can be a real sweetheart too. What d'ya think her warrior name would be?

Oh my GOD does she know how pretty she is. She's lovely. Naming her Honeysting

[kbandtrash]

Meet the Authors

Ha ha embarrassing it’s been almost 4 years of kbandtrash and I don’t think we’ve ever done this

General introduction? We just like writing lol. Everything we write is pretty clean (no smut, kissing is the farthest we go like not even making out usually, we don’t even use curse words lol) so generally this should be a pretty safe space for anyone

I’ll start with a more personal introduction

Rachel

Hopeless romantic, happy ending enthusiast, designated karaoke harmonizer, made the deadline to be a ‘99 liner by 2 weeks ✌️😗

The initial Instigator between the two of us. My roommate introduced me to day6 May of 2019 and Megan (formerly annoying little sister who used to do anything to get me to notice her) was the only one who believed me (mean older sister) when I told my family this kband stuff was pretty good

Bands I listen to (and biases): N.Flying (Seunghyub), Day6 (Sungjin), The Rose (Dojoon), IZ (Hyunjun), CNBlue (Yonghwa), FTIsland (Hongki), Onewe (ot5), Lucy (ot4), Hifi Unicorn (Kiyoon), Xdinary Heroes (Gaon, Junhan)

(Plus Hoppipolla, Gift, Qwer, Banduni, Rolling Quartz, Honeyst, Marmello, D.Coy)

Groups I listen to: Dreamcatcher (Dami), Oneus(? complicated rn) (Hwanwoong), Seventeen (S.Coups, Vernon), SF9 (Chani, Hwiyoung), Ateez (Hongjoong, Mingi), Stray Kids (Seungmin, Chan), P1Harmony (Jiung)

(Plus Pentagon, Purple Kiss, Tempest, &Team, Enhypen)

(I also have a huge crush on D.O. and I love Younha)

Extra notes? I have a degree in secondary math education. I also have a decent amount of skill in the arts though like I sing and play a handful of instruments and you’ll see me reblog stuff here from my art blog sometimes. I can read/write half decent Korean as well

Currently playing: Blue Moon by N.Flying, Eternal Sunshine by Ateez, Ah! Love by Seventeen, Better Better by Day6, and Nowhere by FTIsland

I now turn the time over to Megan

Megan

Hopeful romantic, sad ending enthusiast, designated karaoke melodizer (not a boring soprano tyvm), born smack dab in the middle of 2006 🤩💅

The current Instigator between the two of us. I hesitantly took hold of the kband stuff and then it exponentially increased. My kpop Spotify playlist is 176 hours long (3127 songs). Please send help 😨

K bands: CNBLUE (Minhyuk), Xdinary Heroes (O.de/Junhan), N.Flying (Hweseung), Day6 (Wonpil), FTISLAND (Jaejin), Lucy (Wonsang), Onewe (Kanghyun), IZ (Junyoung), Gift, Hoppipolla, The Rose (Hajoon), Rolling Quartz, Honeyst, Marmello

K boy groups: Ateez (Wooyoung), Shax, Sparkling, P1Harmony (✨Jeongseob✨), Seventeen (Hoshi), Kingdom (Mujin), SF9 (Taeyang), CIX (Yonghee), Oneus (Leedo), Golden Child (Joochan), ACE (Donghun), The Boyz (Q), Stray Kids (Jeongin), TXT (Taehyun), Pentagon (Yuto), Shinee (Key), AB6IX (Woojin), Astro (MJ), Enhypen (Niki), Drippin (Dongyun), BDC, WEi (Yongha), Cravity (Seongmin), BtoB (Changsub), NCT (Haechan), Tempest (Hanbin), Monsta X (Kihyun), Just B (Bain), Got7 (Youngjae), Epex (Ayden), BAE173 (Hangyul), Mirae (Dongpyo), iKon (Junhoe), X1, Wanna One, Victon (Byeongchan), E’last

K girl groups: Kard ;), Dreamcatcher (Gahyeon), (G)i-dle (Yuqi), Twice (Jeongyeon), Itzy (Chaeryeong), IVE, Kep1er, Purple Kiss (Swan), Everglow, Oh My Girl, ICHILLIN’, Red Velvet, Billlie (Moon Sua), Stayc (Isa), Weeekly (Jihan), NMIXX (Lily), CLC (Sorn), Tea Party/Omega-3 (Hyunji)

Soloists: Kang Daniel, IU, Woodz, Kim Hanbin, Eric Nam, Lee Hongki

Extra notes? I like learning languages and I love music and I’m permanently tired and I’m a Musical Theatre Kid and I’m about to graduate high school? Crazy

Currently Playing: One Time by CNBLUE, Halazia by Ateez, Love Me for Me by P1Harmony, Stereotype by Stayc, and Fallin’ Flower by Seventeen

You can follow us on tiktok and instagram as heartandsoul.psyche 🙈👀 we’re silly and we sing sometimes

[maswartz]

Jen 10

The daughter of Ben and Julie. Shyer than her father but thinks more strategically. When she's ten she gets her own Omnitrix. When she's transformed she acts more outgoing than she does when human.

Her first ten aliens are

Upgrade Diamondhead Big Chill Brainstorm Fasttrack Chamalien Bloxx Crashhopper Tengale (Tengu like alien who can fly and manipulate wind) Whodini (Magician like alien who can teleport and use illusions) The first ten aliens Jen unlocks on her own. Toxix (humanoid snake alien who can create numerous kinds of toxins) Starlar (star like alien who emits powerful light from the points and from the center) YinYang (alien who can split themselves into two smaller halves) Minotarus (alien who resembles a minotaur mixed with a centaur) Pyrobot (robot with a molten core and lava pumping through its body) Honeysting (bee like alien who shoots a sticky honey like substance from their stinger) Phantomime (ghostly mime like alien who can create physical objects with spiritual energy) Crocogator (reptile alien with powerful jaws and rough skin) Quillow (a porcupine like alien who can shoot their quills like arrows) Judgtice (a psychic judge alien who can sense the guilt or innocence of others, they can force the guilty to experience the pain they've caused others. Jen's ace in the hole)

[autolysia]

Autolysia - Honeysting // Acoustic Black Metal Playthrough

[081098]

assigning each tbz member a solo debut song/concept because ist isn't brave enough -

sangyeon: blue by onew jacob: face by woosung younghoon: quit by jang wooyoung hyunjae: paper umbrella by yesung juyeon: libido by onlyoneof kevin: omg by halo chanhee: rose, scent, kiss by daehwi changmin: in the dark by jeong sewoon haknyeon: breathless by astro sunwoo: feel like by woodz eric: 5k by lee jinhyuk

other songs under the cut, because i apparently don't know how to shut the fuck up

sangyeon: like you (honeyst), star (vromance),

jacob or kevin: the manual (eddy kim)

younghoon: feel you (shin yong jae)

hyunjae: movie star (cix)

chanhee: circle's dream (dalsooobin)

changmin: libido (onlyoneof), quit (jang wooyoung)

haknyeon: hope world (jhope)

sunwoo: advice (taemin)

[kpopmylive]

Grupos quê acabaram

00z (One-time collaboration group)

100%

100% V

14U

1TEAM

1THE9

1TYM

2Shai

5URPRISE

75.Street

9800 (One-time collaboration group)

A

AA

A-JAX

A-Prince

A6P

AFOS

A.FACT * Disbanded pre-debut

Airplane

AKZ (Atomic Kiz)

AllDayz (Ballad group)

Argon

ASTIN

ASTORY Boys* Disbanded pre-debut

ATEEN

ATK

Attack

B

B2ST

B.HEART

BAIKAL

B.A.P

Be on new * Disbanded pre-debut

Be.A

BEAT4 (Rock band)

BEATWIN

BeBlossom (Rock band)

BECZ

Big Byung (Temporarily project boy group; Parody group)

BIGSTAR

B.I.T

BLACK6IX

Blackleaf (Rock band)

BLANC7

BLAST

BLK

Block Chain *indefinite in hiatus

BNF

B.O.I (Best Of Idols)

B.o.M

Boycat (Rock band)

Boys Republic

Brick Five * Disbanded pre-debut

Brit (One-man band)

BTL

BUILD UP

BY9 * Disbanded pre-debut

C

C-CLOWN

Challenger

ChAOS

CICI

CRAXILVER (Rock band, Temporary band formed for Superband 2)

D

D-CRUNCH

Daily H Boys * Disbanded pre-debut

Dawg’loo

Demion

Dirty Eyed Girls (Collaborative group; Parody group)

Dongnae Oppa

Drug Restaurant (Rock band)

DUSTIN-On (Dustin sub-unit)

E

E7

Electroboyz

Elvin Crew

ENOi

F

FameUs

F.CUZ

F.I.X

FLORET * Disbanded pre-debut

G

Gidongdae

Got2B

H

Halo

HeartB

HIDDEN

HIGH4

HISTORY

HNB (Project group that formed D1CE)

HONEYST

H.O.T.

Hot Blood Youth

HOTSHOT

HwangTaeJi

I

I-REX

IM66

IMFACT

INX

IT’S ONE (iKON x SF9 x THE BOYZ collaboration for KINGDOM)

J

JBJ

JN Entertainment Boy Group * Disbanded pre-debut

JUO (Rock band)

K

K’POP (K’POPULATION)

L

LC9

Lean On Me (Wanna One sub-unit)

LedApple

LedT

Life and Time (Rock band)

LISO (Kid group)

LUCENTE

M

M.Crown

M.I.B

MASC

MADTOWN

MAGNUM (YG Treasure Box 2nd Group) * Became one group with TREASURE

MARS (Fictional boy group for the drama “Idol: The Coup“)

MASC

MAXXAM

MBLAQ

MOBB

MYTEEN

MY.s.t

N

N-SONIC

No. 1 (Wanna One sub-unit)

Nolza

NOM (No Other Man)

Novadox (Rock band)

NPI

NRG

NTB

NUBOYZ

NU’EST

O

Off the Cuff

ONE A DAY * Disbanded pre-debut

P

Phon (Phone)

Phonebooth (Rock band)

PLATINUM78 / P.L.T78

Pure

PURPLE RAIN (Rock band)

R

RAINZ

Road Boyz

S

SAVE

Seven O’Clock

Say Yes (Rock band)

Seo Taiji and The Boys

SIGNAL

Silver Boys * Disbanded pre-debut

Sister’s Barbershop (Rock band)

SHU-I

SPEED

SPECTRUM

T

T-Max

Taesaja

TEEN TEEN

Tempest

T.E.N

TEN X

The Heal (Wanna One sub-unit)

The Legend

TheEastLight

TO.1 (Top of One)

TOUCH

TraxX (Rock band)

TRCNG

TREASURE (YG Treasure Box 1st Group) * Became one group with MAGNUM

TREI

Tri:al

Triple Position (Wanna One sub-unit)

TRUSTY

Twi-Light

U

U.SSO Boy (Kid group)

UNB

Unit Black

V

VALO Team (Rock band – formed for Superband2)

VARSITY

Vermuda

VOISPER

W

WANNA ONE

WE IN THE ZONE

White Ocean (Fictional boy group for the drama “Her Private Life“)

Wonder Boyz (One time collaboration group)

X

X1

XENO-T

Z

ZPZG

[faceglitchsworld]

It's the 9th of April here, which means that it's Dongsung's birthday! Hooray 🎉

As always I made the collage dedicated to him 😄

Uhm...look I tried to find a baby picture of him but maybe I don't know how to do researchs anymore because I didn't find it. I really hope he just didn't post any baby pics or I should call myself clown at this point 🤡 I apologize for the lack of funny pictures too. But I gave you the gym pictures! :D

Enough rambling about the collage, it's time for the letter now.

I think this the first time since I started writing these letters that I'll talk about second chances. I mean, if you've been a N.fia for a while you probably know that Dongsung wasn't there since the beginning and that he joined the band very recently (compared to the other members of course). And probably you already know that he wasn't a freshman bassist but he was into a band called HONEYST, a band that sadly disbanded not even after two years.

Now, probably I'm exaggerating a little but seeing how this industry is cruel when a not well known group disbands, you can only imagine what happens when this happens to a k-band under an entertainment company. So, I always saw Dongsung joining N.Flying as one if not the greatest second chances ever happened to a musician. Now time has passed, I learned and discovered more stories about idols or musicians who got a second chance in this industry but Dongsung's story will always be stuck in my heart and will be the dearest to me.

I admit that his story and his presence has also been a sort of comfort for me when I joined the fandom. Now I'm much more chill and if I want to join a fandom or stan a group who's been into the industry for more than five years, I do it without any problems, but I still clearly remember how I was feeling goofy and out of the loop when I joined N.Fias or any very old fandom. Believe me, I reread the tags on my old reblogs, I was much more quieter and calm. I was always scared to say something stupid because I didn't know the context of some GIFs I was reblogging so I always just said something nice and leave. And then Dongsung came.

Seeing Dongsung vibing with the members, participating in every activities with them like he's been there since the beginning, how immediately he gained a connection with them everytime they performed, all of this made me more calm for sure. Someone might say that he was "advantaged" because N.Flying have always been a welcoming family since Hweseung joined the band or because he was Hun's friend but I don't think so. It's not simple gaining a connection with your members when you came "late" musically speaking, you need to understand their style and how they play before gaining it, which might take much time. And despite that, Dongsung managed to understand N.Flying style in a very short amount of time and immediately made that connection.

And of course how can I not talk about how he literally had a rivalry with Hweseung? I still laugh about how Dongsung was literally using his maknae position in front of Hweseung and making him sulking. And I love how after a while they built a wonderful relationship who made then almost inseparable.

Another reason why I love him is how I resonated with him during my first days in the fandom. The way he's always shy but then immediately gains confidence and shows his cute, soft side made me think a lot. If he could show that side, why not trying something similar? I changed my mindset thanks for that, If now I'm much more open in the tags is thanks to him.

My dear Dongsung, it's been three years already since you joined this wonderful, funny and chaotic family also known as N.Flying and I can tell you that you did so much already for the band in this short amount of time. Thank you so much for helping me being open and showing much more my true self when I want to express my love for artists that I would support until the end.

I hope you'll spend this day amazingly with the members and your family. Remember that N.Fias are always by your side.

Happy birthday, my little hamster 🐹

[djjiahn]

Omg, you knew it was me?? (& I love the name Moss, it’s so cute & fresh)

Of course I knew it was you lol

How's it going? What's new??

[roseband]

waaaah chulmin’s been posting covers on insta again for the last few weeks i hope he redebuts singing again ;~;

[nfly5]

(210626) happy birthday seungseok! ♡

[kbandtrash]

Dance or Band? (Seunghyub x Reader)

~Rachel~

Masterlist

Idk how many of you are familiar with the original dance or band (mnet survival show--sf9 vs honeyst) but this is the au where they did it again with girls and the reader is the leader of the band group. @yukheisuh you said you wanted it so here it is

Content: survival show drama, fluff, an implied kiss

Word count: 3k

“You’re not coming back with me?” your youngest member Seohye asked.

“Hakgu and I will take her home,” Seunghyub jumped in. “I was going to teach her some things about the music software I use.”

You waved Seohye toward the studio door. “You can tell the other girls I put you in charge tonight,” you told her with a wink.

She brightened up and bowed her way gracefully out the door. “I will use this power, for evil,” she promised brightly. “Thanks for letting us help, sunbae!”

“Get home safely,” he wished her, waving goodbye. He chuckled good-naturedly. “She must be hard to keep in line.”

You smiled and shrugged. “Not as long as we work together. She doesn’t need to be kept in line.”

“Wow, you sound like you’ve been leading your group for as long as I have,” he sighed, turning his chair so he could meet your eyes. “You’ve been working so hard for so long, you really deserve to win this.”

Downcasting your eyes, you clasped your hands together in your lap. “I’m at a loss,” you admitted. “They’ve been promising us our debut for a year and a half now, and then they decide to pit us against their shiny new girl group.”

“And this isn’t the first time they’ve done this to a trainee band, either.”

“No, it’s not. Like, which is going to win in the eyes of the public? Dance or band? It’s obvious. If the dance group wins next week, I don’t know if I’ll be able to pretend to be happy for them.”

Seunghyub patted your head comfortingly. “You know you have my vote, and after you opened for us last time, I think you have N.Fia, too.”

You were able to bring your smile to your face again. “Thanks, sunbae. And thanks for letting Seohye and me help out with our finale song.”

Seunghyub laughed. “You know, I asked Boyoung and Hyerin if they wanted to help with the dance group song, but you know what they told me?”

You cracked a malicious grin. “What?”

He matched your smile and told you in a high pitched tone, “‘That’s okay, we trust you, sunbae!’”

You gasped. “They turned you down? Why wouldn’t they want a part in shaping their future?”

“I can’t figure it out, either! I already knew that you would want as much influence as you could have, so I thought it would be fair to offer them the same chance.”

“Naturally,” you agreed with a nod. You felt your anger rising again and it was getting harder to stuff it down. “‘We trust you, sunbae,’ of course they trust you! I would trust you, too, if I had to.” You pulled your hair down from its ponytail and ran your hand through it. “Are they really so sure they’re going to win? They don’t think it matters whether or not they have a hand here?”

Seunghyub listened quietly.

“To me, that seems like arrogance. Like no matter if they try or not, it doesn’t matter. I know it’s my job—our job, as the band—to be more involved in the music, but telling you that they don’t want to help at all…that feels lazy.” You looked up and saw him watching you, his face full of concern, and you realized what you were doing and who you were complaining to. “Sorry, I don’t need to tell you all of this.”

He shook his head. “Don’t apologize. To be honest, I thought the same thing, but I can’t say that to anyone without sounding biased.” He fiddled with his hands, trying to decide what to say next. “They…don’t edit you very kindly, do they?”

Your anger was cooling down, but too quickly. You were afraid it was going to give way to tears. “You’ve been watching?”

“Yeah.”

“You don’t read the comments, do you?”

“Do you?”

You looked down again, letting your hair hide your face in case tears decided to spill over. “I stopped after episode one.” You sniffed. “I was just trying to show myself as a strong leader, and PD-nim said it was good, but now I wonder if he said that because it made the dance group look more desirable.”

“You’re a strong leader whether you show it or not. There’s nothing wrong with standing up for your members.”

“I just don’t want them to lose because I’m standing up for them.”

“If you stop standing up for them, then they’ll really lose.” He set his hand atop yours and, startled, you looked up to meet the determination in his eyes. “You started this strong, and you have to keep going strong or you’ll lose your fire.”

“Fire?”

“You’ve been burning the stage with your passion every time you perform. The dance group girls haven’t been able to match that even once.” He took your other hand, too, and he held them tightly as he made his point. “If you lose that, you lose what’s been setting you apart this whole time. Your passion is what fuels your members, and what fuels your performance together. You can’t stop now, or the world will never see what you have to offer.”

You looked down at his hands and back up to his face.

“Do you understand what I’m saying?” he asked. “The way you are, you don’t have to change that. You’re talented and beautiful and you’re strong. You don’t have to hide—I want you to be able to show everyone.”

“Sunbae,” you began, tightening your fingers around his apprehensively. Oh, how you prayed you were right about the venture you were about to make. “Do you like me?”

His hands tightened briefly in a lightning-fast squeeze as his face dropped in shock. “Do I—um, do I have to like you? In order to want you to…to do well?”

You shook your head frantically, feeling your stomach tie itself in knots. “No, of course not, I just—I don’t want any misunderstandings, I thought I would ask at the very least.”

He retracted his hands bashfully and turned his chair back to his desk, suddenly avoiding your gaze as his ears turned pink. “This timing is terrible, seriously. I wasn’t going to tell you because you’re under so much pressure right now.”

“You do like me?”

“Yes, but…” he folded his hands in his lap, “I don’t expect anything back. I just want you to do your best and be happy. If I can help you succeed, that’s enough for me.”

“Sunbae—”

“You don’t have to give me a response if you don’t have one, it’s okay.”

“No, I want to tell you something.”

He glanced back over at you and tried to read your face. “You do?”

You nodded. “I’m really not in a place to date right now.”

“You really don’t have to tell me anything, I mean it. I’m really not hurt if you don’t return my feelings.”

“But I do.” 

He was cute when he was surprised, and you knew you were starting to show how flustered you were. “You do?”

You nodded again. “For a long time, I think, but I know I can’t be dating right now, so I just liked you quietly. Kind of like you said, I was just happy to work with you.”

He kicked around in his chair, spinning between facing you and his desk. As he glanced up at you shyly, you wondered if you had been ignoring the now obvious signs on purpose. 

“What do you want to do, then?” he asked.

“For now…” you slid your chair closer to his, but you turned it toward his desk so you could see his computer. “Can you teach me about your music software?” I don’t know yet.

An understanding smile spread across his face and he slid over to make room. “Let’s do that. Where do you want to start?” I’ll wait until you do know.

—

“You two have incredible chemistry, really,” Yonghwa noticed appreciatively. 

“Ah, thank you!” you said, beaming. You could barely see anything through the stage lights, but you bowed in what you hoped was the right direction.

“You worked on the arrangement together, right?”

“Yes, but we made it originally with just Hyerin and Keeho in mind,” you explained.

“I thought it would be better if Seunghyub-sunbae and (Y/N) joined us,” Hyerin added. “I may not know much about the technicalities behind the music, but I’ve learned as a trainee how to make a good performance. For a vocal stage like this, I felt it would be more impactful with the feelings of the arrangers themselves.”

“It’s a shame that you two leaders aren’t on the same team,” Hong Ki said. “Your two voices blend so nicely, I want to hear more.”

You and Hyerin exchanged smiles, but you couldn’t tell if her smile was fake—you couldn’t tell if your smile was fake. After the last months of being pitted against each other, it was hard to remember when you had thought of her affectionately.

“We do have one more combined performance,” you promised, “and after that…” You snuck another glance at Hyerin, who seemed a little too relaxed. “I’m sure I’ll produce something we could—”

“It would be fun to feature her with us someday,” she jumped in.

Your mind went totally blank. On autopilot, you heard yourself say, “That would be fun,” but those words were for the sake of politeness. 

The assumption she had just made was glaring, and it made you scared. With the confidence she had just spoken with, it seemed like she thought her team had already won. Was there something you hadn’t been told? Was this game already set before it began, just as you had feared?

“I think any of us would be overjoyed to feature her,” Jongseob piped up. “Or, either of you really,” he covered, catching his slip in neutrality.

Jiung bumped his arm. “Here he goes again.”

“Please collab with us, Noona,” Jongseob said with a grin. “Write a song with us—it’ll be fun, I promise!”

“Only if Boyoung and I get to make the choreography,” Intak said. Jiung laughed again.

“Our hoobaes really love each other,” Hong Ki chuckled. “Were we like that with our hoobaes?”

“Our CNBlue hoobaes were also our hyungs,” Jaejin pointed out.

“You’ve shown us plenty of love over the years,” Seunghyub said, finally back in his seat. “Lots of gifts, lots of kindness. We hope to continue paying it forward.”

Hyerin giggled and tucked her hair behind her ear. “We’ll receive it well.”

As you bowed and thanked both your sunbaes and the audience, your brain was on fire trying to stay quiet and impartial. You’ve already turned their kindness down, you longed to say. But you kept a smile on your face, for the sake of your future, and hers too.

The last stage was something you had worked hard on. Equally displaying the talents and virtues of both a band and a dance group was a challenge that Hyerin hadn’t put a lot of thought into beforehand, so once again, you had been stuck advocating for the visibility of your girls.

If only people saw you as hard-working instead of as pushy.

(a/n: this is cringe to put this in here but I understand this flashback needs context if you haven't watched dance or band. One of the first challenges in the original was going and performing at a school--by random chance the band went to an all-boys school and the dance group went to an all-girls school. The students at each school then voted for whether or not they thought the group they watched perform was ready to debut. The winner was decided solely on the number of yes votes without any comparison to the no votes--as a math major, this still doesn't right with me but anyway. I also should explain another reference to the original dob I made earlier. Sf9 and Honeyst both opened for cnblue at one of their concerts in Japan for a no-stakes mission with no official winner or loser. Then cnblue gave both groups feedback from their sunbae perspective. I figured n.flying would get to be the sunbae this time around. My apologies for this unsightly interruption)

“Those numbers don’t mean anything,” you stated bluntly.

PD-nim blinked at you and put on a fake smile. “What do you mean by that?”

“Just because they have ten more votes doesn’t mean they won.”

He laughed, barely hiding his frustration.

“I know it’s been a hard time for your group—” Hyerin cut in.

“Sometimes you need to learn to accept your losses,” PD-nim snapped.

“No,” you shot back. “Unless you can confirm the same number of people were in both schools for our performances, that raw number is useless.”

“I don’t get it,” Minji from the dance team mumbled.

“The only valid statistic for these votes is a percentage—how many people in each school voted yes compared to how many voted no.”

“The schools were close enough in size that it shouldn’t matter,” PD-nim said.

“It does,” you argued further. “Look, I’m really okay if we lost, but I want to see the data with my own eyes.”

Seunghyub’s encouragement had meant everything to you. Before you had talked with him, you were nearly ready to give up. Although PD-nim kept telling you that standing up for your team was good, his actions told you otherwise, and so did the public’s opinion of you.

His words of encouragement reminded you what you were fighting for and reassured you that what you did was worth it. Coming from someone you trusted and respected so much, what else could you do but believe them? 

Most importantly, he had restored your faith in yourself. You were strong enough to lead, and you had worked hard for what you had accomplished. You were the one who made things happen for you and your group, not good luck.

“Dang, eonni,” Seohye snuck in. “You and Seunghyub sunbae…”

“Hmm? Why?” you responded nervously. What was she referring to here? The stage, right? Or had she noticed something about how you two were acting around each other?

“You just went off, that’s all,” she answered with a shrug. “That was like Kingdom stage level good.”

You tried to brush her off to hide how touched you were. “Ah, stop, it was just a little bit of fun.”

“Just a little bit of fun? And how about how you and Seunghyub sunbae were singing with each other, was that just really good acting?”

Oh.

You could only blink in response.

“Don’t worry, I think only our group members would have understood anything,” she went on. “Only people who really know you would have known that you were sincere.”

“We’re not—”

“Oh, no, don’t say anything here. Let’s just kill our last stage, and then when we go home with our debut date set, you can tell us everything,” she said with a grin.

You found the rest of your girls, all three of whom gave you knowing and excited smiles. You brought them into a huddle.

“Girls,” you began. You couldn’t go on. Tears sprang from nowhere, and your throat was stopped with a sob.

“No no no, eonni! You can’t cry!” your drummer fussed. “You’ll ruin your makeup.”

“I wanted to give a speech about how far we’ve come,” you sniffled, holding back your tears. “Instead—I love you. I love you all so much.”

“Eonni!” they all whined.

You hugged the other four as tightly as you could manage. “Let’s have fun!”

—

“Stop comparing numbers,” Seunghyub scolded you. 

“It’s inevitable, and I get it,” you sighed. “It doesn’t matter who won the competition, they’ll pull higher numbers anyway just because they dance.”

“It’s a win for you either way,” he chuckled. “You wrote the song, and you’re getting paid nicely for its ratings.”

You humphed. “A little recognition would be nice.”

He turned his chair to face you directly and he put his hands on your shoulders. You met his eyes skeptically. “You did fantastically,” he assured you seriously. “They wouldn’t be getting any attention for their debut if you didn’t write them such an amazing song.”

Your face grew hotter as you continued to look at him. “I wasn’t talking about you,” you said, trying to keep your annoyed composure. In reality, though, he always knew how to cheer you up. His words were always exactly what you needed to hear.

He snickered and leaned back in his chair. “Should I text Hyerin, then? ‘Hey, should I congratulate you or (Y/N) on your debut?”

As you smacked his arm playfully, you gasped before you laughed in shock. “That’s terrible!”

“It would be funny, though.”

“No, she wouldn’t think so,” you groaned. “We don’t need to breed any more animosity here than there already is.”

“Ah, ever the wise and mature leader,” he acknowledged with a sigh. “Maybe you should be the leader of the leader project they’re putting together.”

“Absolutely not,” you spat. “I have enough with Seohye on my hands, I don’t need to be in charge of seven sunbaes and Hyerin.”

“Oh, now that you say that, I don’t want to do it either.” He shuddered. “I hope Yonghwa-hyung does it.”

You nodded. “He’s the obvious choice.”

A knock came at the door and Seunghyub hurriedly opened his music program.

A staff member poked his head in the door. “Seunghyub-ssi? Oh, and (Y/N) is here too.”

“We’re a little busy right now,” Seunghyub said. “Do you need something?”

“Just checking to see if you need a lightbulb replaced,” the staff claimed with a shrug. “But you’re okay in here?”

“Yes, the lightbulb was replaced last week,” Seunghyub reminded him with a politely annoyed smile.

“Ah, right…” The staff looked between the two of you. 

You nodded at him. “I was there.”

“Okay, then,” he said, taking the hint. “Work hard!”

“Yep, thanks,” Seunghyub called after him as he shut the door. “They’re definitely onto us,” he told you.

You shrugged. “We have an impenetrable cover, though.”

“True,” he said with a laugh. He reached over his armrest and picked up your hand. “If they ever catch us, we can just say we were trying to feel the emotions of the song.”

You scooted over your chair and leaned your head on his arm. “We had better keep writing love songs, then.”

He turned his head to look at you, and you looked back up at him. “That’s what I plan to do,” he said with a smirk and a purposeful glance down at your lips.

“We just had a staff member try to walk in on us and you want to kiss me now?” you snickered.

“I always want to kiss you.”

“Then be my guest.”