The young man stood, his clearly fake black mustache slowly slipping off his upper lip.

"Excuse me- uh, yes my name is Hyung-...Juan-"

"Hyung Juan-?....yeah. Okay. Totally a real name. Sure..." Lee whispered to herself.

"Yes. My name is Hyung Juan-" he snapped, hearing Lee's comment and the slightly mocking tone that came with it. "And I just have a few questions before you continue."

"Uh- okay-" Lee nodded, completely confused due to the fact that 1. This was nothing like the plan the guys had talked about, 2. None of the other guys were anywhere to be found, and 3. Hyungwon was making it way too obvious that he was, well, him. Anyone would be able to tell that mustache was fake even from 10 miles away. Yet, despite being blindsided, she decided to let him continue nonetheless.

"Is it true that since your public interactions with Monsta X have begun, they've been trending #1 on multiple social media platforms despite the fact that the group has yet to officially debut?"

"Yes, but not everything that has been trending is necessarily good-"

"And is it true-" Hyungwon continued, cutting her off, "that because of this, Monsta X has received a large influx of followers on multiple social media platforms as well?"

"Yes- but again-"

"Miss Lee. The last time I checked, there was only a 4% negative effect from any of the events that took place. 96% of the publicity that has taken place has increased stocks from Starship as well as Monsta X's overall popularity. This can be proven through social media posts, as well as Starships' stock records alone. It just seems bad because bad comments stick with someone more than good ones do, even if they are way fewer."

Suddenly a huge sense of relief washed over her as the other six members walked through the door. Everyone turned to look at them as they did and whispers began to weave their way through the crowd. A few people even began to take pictures. Then, Jooheon spoke.

"Sorry we're late. There was a slight change of plans. Some other event was scheduled in the other room, and we couldn't find Hyungwon so we had to think of something but we weren't sure what. He's sort of the brains of the operation sometimes-" He turned to see Hyungwon standing there in his trench coat and clearly fake mustache before chuckling and continuing. "Emphasis on the sometimes-"

"Anyway-" Hyungwon interrupted, "We have one last question for you."

Jooheon took another step forward and spoke. "Is it true that Starship is making you make this statement? To appease the unhappy 4%?"

Lee shook her head. "N-No-"

Jooheon moves closer to her until there was only an inch between them. He gazed into her eyes and smiled. "Then is it true that you'd do anything to protect me and make sure I reach my dream of debuting?"

Her eyes welled up with tears, she nodded as Jooheon wrapped her in a tight hug. The rest of the guys cheered behind them before joining in for a group hug.
"By the way, it was me everyone!" Hyungwon yelled as he ripped off his fake mustache and threw it into the crowd of reporters, hitting one of them in the head with it. Ironically enough, the reported was bald and the mustache stuck to the side of his head.

"Hyungwon, you fool. Everyone knew it was you already. That mustache did not fool anybody." I.M. laughed.

"Not to mention-" Lee began, "you said your name was Hyung Juan. So, you basically told us your name because it's almost exactly the same-"

"Psh- whatever, I know you just don't want to admit that I had you fooled."

Everyone just laughed at Hyungwon's comment, shaking their heads.

The majority of the reporters began to leave, feeling utterly confused about what happened, leaving without a story to write about. As they trickled out of the room, the camera men began packing up microphones and dismantling cameras after they turned them off.

"What in the world was that-!?" A man yelled. Except it wasn't just any man...it was the CEO