crying bc i've been wanting to draw soonyoung but my base flesh tone pencils were thrown away by my sister so i'm really fucking emo. so i drew him digitally and i wasn't really happy with it though it went well. i don't know which member i'm gonna draw next.

also, yes, i skipped all the way to teen age bc this book went on hiatus for so long and AAAAA i lost track of time HA HA what a lame author. so expect some videos you've already seen before

-j
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a day later

my earphones were doing its thing as i was making my way to jihoon's house. i have been playing change up repeatedly since i finished it last night to pay attention to the instrumental. since it was rushed, i was worried that the boys wouldn't like the final product.

"you're 2 minutes late," seokmin told me as i reached the place "what's the password?"

"oh come on."
"say it."
"no."
"say it," he repeated, making me sigh at this ridiculous idea

"seokmin is the best member in seventeen."

"oh my, thank you!" he bowed at the made way for me to step inside the house. ah, this boy really. i followed him to jihoon's living room and the boys were already there. they all greeted in unison.

"i'm done with change up," i told jihoon

"great! four more songs to work on!" he cheered and my jaw literally dropped to the floor.

"f-four?" i couldn't believe it "in three days?"

"yeah, don't worry. the boys didn't sleep so they could already do the records," seungcheol told me "no pressure, you'll be fine."

man, i didn't know that it was this difficult to arrange music for a group. but if i didn't know how to do shit, the leaders would probably be stressed out for the rest of their lives. i let the boys hear the song and to my surprise, they loved it! even seungcheol gave me a hug because he didn't think it'd turn out the exact way he imagined it to be.

"what's the next song then?" i asked

"hosh, you go next," cheol told him "so that you could already work with the choreography once minseul's done with the demo."

"okey dokey yo."

i did nothing but to stay in jihoon's place for so long, editing and editing. i'm glad that the performance team's song didn't require too much effects. it made my work easier. soonyoung sat beside me the whole time, checking on the progress of the arrangement and playing with random things he could play with.

"oh! put something like, a small voice singing for you lilili yabbay at the chorus!!" he suggested "i think it would make a huge difference."

i did what he told me to do and added a little pizzazz to make it fit with the beat. and hallelujah, soonyoung was right. with his help, it only took about eight hours to make the song. although i still think it needs a little more rendering. but maybe i'll just fix is once the other songs are done because hoshi's unit still has some dancing to do.

"jihoon told me that we're gonna have a lot of hair dying," he told me "my hair is going to be red soon and i'm kinda worried."

"why?"

"remember when ariana grande had trouble with her hair because she dyed is red?"

his response made me chuckle because i never knew that he knows that thing about ariana grande.

"you'll be fine," i told him "how long are you going to keep it that way?"

"not long enough, i think," he was honestly worried "i kinda wanna go back to black because it suits me better, i think."

"all colors look good on you."

"but you're the best for me."

"oh my god go away!" i laughed and slightly pushed him because of the sudden cringe. i didn't expect that reply from him.

once the song was already available, he took the record and prepared to go somewhere else because he told me that seungcheol paid for a place for them to practice at. what a good leader.

"i'll go there once i'm done with these," i said

"have someone accompany you, okay?"

"why?"

"pretty sure you'll be done with the second song at night and i don't want you to go out on your own. go with someone from the hip hop team. mingyu or something."

"why hip hop?"

"because they look scary enough. don't go with booseok because if something bad happens, they'll definitely get knocked out in a few seconds."

i became kinda lonely when soonyoung left because the room went dead quiet. nobody was randomly dancing and singing. fortunately, hansol and wonu stayed with me this time.

"and this is our new song arranger!!" hansol talked to his phone, showing me on the camera.

"when will you stop?" wonwoo asked the him, but he didn't get a response because the boy was too busy, talking to his phone

"please come and watch seventeen on the school's performance week!" he cheered "we're going to perform cha-"

"don't spoil, you dumbass," wonwoo muttered

"oops!" hansol covered his mouth "i'm not going to say anything about that now. anyway, how's your day, guys?"

wonwoo shook his head and decided to just help me with their song, trauma. he started telling me about it, and the story behind made me feel sorry for them. maybe that's why they told me before that it was easy to do the lyrics because they just have to write from the bottom of their hearts.

hours passed by and hansol did nothing but talk to his phone because he was so happy that he finally reached 500 followers on ig. how cute.

with wonwoo's help and suggestions that were actually useful, we managed to fix everything in five hours, keeping the song sound a little laid back but with powerful lyrics. i kind of enjoyed listening to mingyu sing, honestly

"what clothes are you gonna wear for this performance?" i asked while we waited for the song to load

"black," he answered "like my soul."

"mingyu, please."

"it's wonwoo. it's been so long, minseul. why do you still confuse me with mingyu?"

"no no it just slipped. i will never confuse you with anyone because you're that boy who came to my house and left without his shoes."

"oh my god please stop."

"and you're that boy who couldn't open the front door because you were pushing it instead of pulling it."

"ugh minseul please stop. my past is dark," he covered his ears while i laughed.

i asked him to go with me to see the performance team practice. at first, he didn't want to, but when he knew that i was going to go by myself, he changed his mind. hansol wanted to go to, and we just let him be. he's probably just gonna go around telling his followers what's happening.

the road we took was kinda creepy and i couldn't resist holding onto wonwoo's sleeve as we walked. how could he be so calm? and how could hansol be so confident that his phone is not going to get snatched?

"hey you might wanna keep your phone, vernon," wonwoo told the other. hansol hurriedly said goodbye, ended his live and kept the little gadget in his pocket.

"and you might wanna get ready to fucking run if something happens," wonu added, confusing hansol and i. at that moment, i spotted a guy just standing near the spotlight we were coming close to. it immediately sent chills down my spine. good thing soonyoung warned me about going out by myself.

"i think we should go to the other side of the road," i muttered as hansol went from wonwoo's left side to my right so i could be in the middle of them.

"just act casually and don't make eye contact," hansol told me, holding my wrist. as we passed in front of the man with a cap, i stole a glance and i saw that he looked familiar.

"HI WONWOO!" he shouted and the three of us jumped in surprise. wonwoo almost landed on the ground.

"mingyu you fucking asshole."

"you guys looked so scared," mingyu snickered as he took his cap off. he couldn't stop laughing at us. wonwoo was absolutely pissed off, he fixed his coat and continued to walk down the road. hansol hurriedly dragged me to catch up with the lanky boy.

"hey don't leave me!" mingyu ran towards us.

once we reached the place, i was creeped out because it was kinda dark. then i saw the performance team on their break. i excitedly ran towards soonyoung to give him a hug.

"oh nonono don't hug me, i'm sweating a lot!"
"i bought snacks for you!"
"aww how cute," he replied "what is it?"
"tteokbokki chips!!"
"um..."

"looks like somebody's gonna sweat a lot more," junhui chuckled

"hey, i eat spicy food!" soonyoung defended

"but can you handle it?"

"um...i eat spicy food. that's it."

"it's not that spicy though," i told him "it's kinda sweet!"

"yeah like you."

"ew," hansol reacted.

they had a water break for ten minutes before they finally showed us the choreography they all worked on. i was definitely hyped.

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"13th month dance? more like 13th month pay," mingyu laughed at his joke

"hey hey hey let's keep it family friendly, come on," mingyu commented some more "what are those movements oh my god."

"why are they touching each other so much?" i muttered "i honestly can't watch this anymore."

we managed to keep quiet the whole time they were dancing because we definitely ran out of words to say. i couldn't believe that i actually stayed quiet instead of running around, screaming and breaking things.

"that's it," soonyoung told us "was it good?"

"what's the song about? and who the hell is lilili yabbay?" mingyu asked

"we'll explain soon," hoshi answered "young."

"also, my eyes would love some holy water," mingyu answered "thank you."

shit, i still couldn't believe that they did all of this. it's too fucking perfect and mind you, chan looked so amazing, i wanna cry. hansol applauded for them and told them to keep it child friendly next time because we were all shookt about the movements. the amount of disrespect in the choreography was pretty controversial.

"i'm happy about what they did at the first part of the song. i guess soonyoung really liked that idea of laying on top of each other," i told mingyu

"he likes being on top. oops."

"i heard that," junhui told gyu and they immediately shared a similar face expression and wiggled eyebrows at each other.

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seeing them dance makes me genuinely happy

kbyeilysm
-jiro