"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Seungdae. Happy birthday to youuuu~." sang Seungdae's family.

Today was the boy's 16th birthday. In return, Seungdae's company allowed him to spend the day with his family. 

"It's hard to believe my baby is already 16." his mother sighed, hugging her older son tightly. 

"Seungdae? What's it like being a trainee?" Jay suddenly asked. He was now 14 years old. "Tiring. But it's fun. I learn new things every day. And my singing and dancing have improved so much." Seungdae gushed, grinning at his brother. "Why are you even asking?" "Well... I'm thinking about going to an audition too..." Jay announced and his parents looked at him in surprise. "You haven't said anything about that yet..." his father remarked and his mother nodded. "Yeah, I know. I'm not sure anyway." Jay waved him off and sighed. 

"We'll talk about it at another time, okay? Today is Seungdae's day." His mother said and Jay nodded with a smile. "I'll be picked up again this evening though. I'll meet my new roommate tomorrow and I need to sleep enough." Seungdae informed and his father nodded. You could tell how proud he was of his older son. 

Then, Seungdae looked at his younger brother that looked a bit uncomfortable. „You would be a great idol, Jongseong." he said with a grin and ruffled the younger boys hair. Jay returned the smile, obviously happy that his brother thought so. 

„Okay, do you want to unpack your first present?" his dad asked and gave him a small box. Seungdae looked at his parents and smiled. „Thank you, mom and dad." Then he opened the box and his jaw dropped. „You-" he stopped and looked at his parents with wide eyes. „You're joking right?" a tear ran down his cheek. Inside the box was a brand new camera. Since Seungdae's parents found out how much their son liked to vlog and film the most random things, they thought he would like this present. „Happy 16th birthday, baby." his mother smiled and Seungdae put the box on the dining table and flew in his parents arms. „You're the best. Thank you so much." he thanked, low-key crying. He didn't expect his parents actually listening to his rants about how much he wanted a real, professional camera.

„You're welcome, sweetie." his dad said and ruffled his hair. „Wanna open my present now?" Jay asked and smiled shyly at his brother. „Of course, Jongseong." said boy parted from his parents and wiped the tears from his cheeks. „You didn't have to buy me something tho." „But I wanted to." Jay smiled and gave his older brother a present. It was a shopping bag. Seungdae looked inside and then his jaw dropped for the second time today. „W-What-" he stuttered and pulled a disk out. It was the disk from Michael Jackson's „Thriller", Seungdae's favorite album at the moment. „Wasn't that so expensive?" Saeungdae asked with wide eyes. „No, actually a friend of mine accidentally ordered two and I bought one from him." Jay grins before Seungdae pulls him into a hug. „Thanks, Jongseong." 

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By now it was evening. Seungdae had spent a wonderful day with his parents and little brother, but now he had to go. "Thank you for the great day, I really enjoyed it." said the 16 year old. "Come visit us again. The house is so empty without you." his mother said and grinned at him. "Seungdae, you have to go!" Seungdae's driver shouted and the boy hugged his family one last time before getting into the car. "Love you." he called out to them and closed the door.

 He collapsed into his car seat and properly greeted his driver. "Thank you for picking me up, Mr. Lee." he said thank you and buckled up. "You're welcome. Happy birthday btw." smiled Mr. Lee and drove off. He and Seungdae had known each other for almost 3 months now and got along well. However, Seungdae was popular with all staff members and trainees anyway. He was always polite and helpful and always did what he was told. 

"I'll take you to the dorm immediately, okay?" Mr Lee asked. "Yep, okay." Seungdae replied with an exhausted nod. Before he was taken to his house at 12 o'clock this morning, he had been training. He had been to the gym again today. And now he was just exhausted. As soon as they got to the dorm, Seungdae ran into the bathroom, showered, put on his pajamas and went to bed. He then lay there for half an hour, answering congratulations from his family and friends over phone, before turning off the light and falling asleep.

The next morning he got up at 6 a.m. to get ready and clean up the dorm because he had to go to school straight away and would meet his new roommate straight away afterwards. He was kinda nervous. He just hoped that his new roommate would be nice and that the two of them would get along well. 

The school day passed by quickly, and at 4pm Mr Lee was waiting at the gate. „Bye bye, Seungdae!" his best friend Yeji yelled. „Bye, princess!" Seungdae yelled back and waved at her before entering the car. Hwang Yeji and Seungdae were best friends since they were in diapers. They knew everything that was going on in the others life. 

„Ready to meet your new roommate?" Mr Lee asked as soon as Seungdae sat down. „Yep, I'm nervous though." Seungdae answered. While they were driving, the boy told Mr Lee everything that happened today. Then they arrived at the FNC Headquarters and Seungdae had to grin. He was kinda getting a flashback. He exited the car and walked into the building. In the entrance hall, Yena greeted him. The woman was really close to Seungdae by now. „Hey, Dae. The new trainee is in dance practice room number 7." she told him and shot him a small grin. „Thanks." the boy thanked and walked to the room. He softly knocked on the door and then entered. 

Inside was a shy looking boy with black hair that immediately stood up and bowed when Seungdae entered. „Oh, no no no, no need to bow." Seungdae resured the boy and smiled.„Hello, I'm Park Seungdae, 16 years old, nice to meet you." the now 16 years old boy introduced himself and smiled at the younger boy that was standing in front of him. „I guess you're my new dorm mate?" The young boy nodded. „Nice to meet you too, I'm Kim Jongseob and 14 years old." he introduced himself and bowed. „That's such a cool name. Your name is similar to my brothers name. His name is Jongseong." Seungdae grinned and Jongseob immediately felt comfortable around him. The older boy just had that calming aura. „But you're for real so young." the older boy complimented.

„Well, what have you planned today, Jongseob?" Seungdae asked and smiled. He obviously wanted to get to know the younger boy better. „Oh, nothing. But I wanted to ask if you could show me the dorm..." Jongseob answered and shyly returned the smile. „Oh, of course. Where is your stuff?" Seungdae answered. „The staff already bought it to our dorm." Jongseob said. „Okay, then let's go?" 

And that's how the two boys ended up spending the rest of the evening talking and laughing.

Trailer for Chapter 4: 

❝„We decided to let you debut. And we also decided to put you in the same group as Jongseob." the CEO said and smiled at Seungdae. His eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped. He would debut. With his best friend.❞

٭⊹¤.•⨳•.*☆✬ Autor's Note: ✬☆*.•⨳•.¤⊹٭

Hey, pookies. 

I'm so sorry, I didn't got to update the story last week. I hope you forgive me. But as a apology, I made this chapter longer than normally.

How is Lia btw? I hope she's fine. 

Okay, love y'all. Thank you for almost 100 reads btw <3

See you in the next chapter 💋