Not another song about love
In which Soloist reader looses fans when she and StrayKids Han broke up about a year ago disregarding her talent in songwriting and singing, while NCT needs a something in order to get fan’s attention when their sales dropped. And with that thought in mind both companies decided to set up a scandal between the two: “Breaking News: NCT Johnny Suh and Soloist L/n Y/n have been spotted on a date”
Genre: NCT Johnny Suh x Soloist!Fem!reader, angst, fluff, slow burn
Warning: Cursing, Cheating, Suggestive
Disclaimer: None of the character traits in this fanfiction is meant to mirror the actual people, I do not own them nor the songs that are used here, only the plot.
Word Count: 9.7k
Notes: Chapter 9 of 9 Chapters of “Not another song about love”
Chapter 8 / Chapter 9
"Noona, your turn!" Haechan yells, making you who just walked in the kitchen from taking a nap in Johnny's room and is currently sipping some water, cough and point at yourself "Yes, you! You're the only woman here"
You snort and cross your arms, declining "I'll pass"
"No you can't pass" Haechan hisses "I wanna win" He stands up and shows you the cat ears "look, when Johnny Hyung sees you he'll loose"
You scoffed, "You're kidding"
"Don't you want to know how to make Johnny Hyung get all flustered?"
You blinked "Fuck it" You breathed and walked to him "Help me put it on"
"Hell yeah!" He claims and helps you put on the ears
"Noona, you look so cute" Mark says making you jump in surprise, narrowing your eyes in an attempt scare him, the ears on your head shifting from side to side at his comment "You can try and intimidate me as much as you want Noona, I can see how much you liked the compliment"
Haechan snorts and elbows Mark "Johnny Hyung's ears will start moving the moment he sees Noona"
Mark shrugs "I say when she smiles"
"Are you seriously underestimating how whipped Johnny Hyung is?" Haechan says teasingly "Wanna make it a bet?"
"Bet?" He asks and looks at you who wrinkled your nose in disapproval "Bet" He nods "What's at stake?"
"Coffee"
"I don't like coffee"
"Dinner then"
Mark thinks for a second before nodding and slapping Haechan by the chest "Bet" He smiles at you "Lets go, Noona! I have a bet to win!"
"Y/n?" Johnny asks in shock when Mark and Haechan dragged you to the dorm's living room "I thought you were asleep?"
"Not anymore" you said and finally turned to look at him, the ears in full display as you fixed you hair
He freezes, eyes on you then at the ears, "Oh my God?" He murmurs and covers his face, the ears springing to life at the sight of you
Mark frowns and Haechan pumps his fist in the air "Ha!" Haechan says triumphantly "I told you he'd get all flustered at the sight! You'll be broke by the end of tonight"
Mark sighs and looks up at the ceiling "My poor wallet"
"What—What is going on?" Johnny asks and looks at you
"They made a bet on when you'll be flustered" You smiled sheepishly, making his cat ears move around again "Upon seeing me with the ears or when I smile— sorry, why are you flustered?"
He opens his mouth to say something but he closes them again, shaking his head "My heart can't take this" He whines and places a hand on his chest, right above his heart
"The game hasn't even started yet and Johnny Hyung is folding" Jungwoo teases and Doyoung's loud laugh follows
"Shut up!" Johnny says covering his face "You're not seriously considering to play—are you?"
"Well," You began and sat down "It seems fun" You pressed your palms together "Can I?" You said asking his permission
He smiles and shrugs "I can't tell you what to do, if you want to go ahead" He said
You blinked and stared at him "Are you serious?" He nods you blinked again
"Oh my God!" Mark yells "Noona your ears!"
You looked up to check if they are moving and you gasped "Wha— why? Hey!" You said and covered your face "this is so embarrassing" Johnny was staring at you and your moving ears amused
Taeyong clapped his hands to get yours and Johnny's attention "Ready to start the game?"
You shake you head "No"
"Nope" Johnny answers
"Perfect!" Taeyong starts "And, Start!"
You and Johnny stared at each other "Who goes first?" You asked
"Try and not get flustered Noona!" Haechan cheers "I have coffee from Taeil hyung riding on this!"
"Rock paper scissors?" Johnny offers and you nod, "Rock paper scissors, shoot!" You both yelled the same time and showing your chosen weapon
Johnny took paper
You took Scissors
You won, You laughed "What am I supposed to do?"
"Aegyo! Aegyo!" Jungwoo yells
You nod and looked at Johnny who was shaking his head, a silent way of begging you not to, but you hid behind the palms of your hand that was covering your face, only to make it bloom by spreading your hand, chin resting on your hand making a flower pose "Oppa!" You said with a smile
And you watched as Johnny looked away while the ears move around when he tried to take deep breaths to calm himself, to no avail
"Go Y/n!" Jungwoo cheers
"My-my turn" Johnny stuttered after the ears stopped moving and you nod mentally preparing yourself, he takes a deep breath and smiles "I like you"
You blinked, processing what he just said and when it did you gasped, covering your face in shock
"Noona your ears! No!" Haechan whines
Taeil pumped his fists in the air "Coffee~"
You could feel your hair slightly move from the way the ears are moving
"Noona don't back down!" Mark cheers once more
You looked at Johnny's teasing face "I like you too" You said quickly covering you face from how red it probably is, Johnny's smile fades in both shock and disbelief
He stands, the ears moving "Hey that's no fair, foul, yellow card" He looks at you and blushes "Don't look at me!" He covers his face and you laugh
"That's great Y/n!" Says the producer clapping his hand "You've improved a lot as compared to three years ago"
You laugh and bowed "I try my best"
"I really like the song, you wrote it right?" He asks and you nod "I was sent the demo and I thought it was a banger but its even better now"
You smiled and bowed "Thank you"
"Let's take a thirty minute break, so you can rest your voice while we prepare something before recording again? how does that sound?" He asks looking at your manager who was typing on his phone
"Afterwards you have a dance practice with your choreographer for your title track at one pm. Which should give you fifteen minutes to eat lunch, you ok with that?"
You nod "Its fine"
"Thirty minute break it is!" The producer starts and stands up to walk away
Your manager waves you over and you followed, getting cut off when he clicks his tongue before you could speak "Before you ask me about when to see Johnny and before I gouge my own eyes out cause you two won't stop being all lovey dovey, I'll answer you, you'll see him tomorrow when you record the 'Not another song about love'"
You perked up "Really?"
He snorts and nods "Don't sound to excited" He murmurs "Tomorrow is strictly work"
"Your role in NCT's comeback is almost over, you're gonna need to focus on your own comeback" He informs
"Back to normal?" You asked and took the juice he got you
"Depends on your definition on normal" He began "Your whole week is packed leading up to your comeback and you know when NCT promotes the songs on music shows, your voice is pre recorded but you join them on stage around the end of the year"
"Actually Oppa," You started and took a sip making him hum, looking down on his phone "Can you do me a favor?"
"Depends?"
"Will Johnny Oppa and I perform the song we wrote together?" You asked
"I don't think so" he says tapping on his phone "Do you want to?"
"Yeah" You answered "Since me and Oppa worked hard on it , I want to perform it live"
He hums "I'll do what I can" he answers and adds another thing on his to do list "Was that the favor you were going to ask me?"
"Well" You began "No"
"Alright, if its doable" He says and motions you to continue
"I don't want Johnny to know the ending of the song"
He blinks "Sorry, I think I misheard you, what?"
"I don't want Johnny to know the ending of the song" You said again
"Ok." He starts "How?"
"I won't send him the whole song, and when we record it tomorrow, I don't want him to hear the ending"
"Its his song too," He began "are you planning to let him hear it at all?"
"Of course"
"ok," He starts again "When?"
"When we perform it live"
"You have this all planned out, don't you?" He asks and You nodded "Can I ask why?"
You nod again, shifting around to unlock your phone to show him why "That's why"
He takes the phone, reading what you had on their before making a face "I see," He began and shivered "Its cute, I wanna gouge my eyes out"
"Is it that bad?" You asked taking your phone from him
"As your manager I will say it cute, and its very you" He answers "But as your brother, I wanna jump of a building"
"So is that a yes?"
"Oh yeah, absolutely, I'll make sure he won't know the ending until you guys perform it live" He smiles
You grinned and hugged him "Thank you!" You said and flopped on the sofa "Now, I have twenty minutes left before work resumes, excuse me while I take a twenty minute power nap" You said lying down and he get up so you can stretch your legs, taking off his blazer and placing it on your legs
"I'll wake you up five minutes before so you get a chance to atleast look presentable"
You made an unintelligible groan as you slowly drifted off to sleep, you manager flopping down on the seat across from you
You were going to have a nice nap before resuming work until your manager spoke up, but you were determined to sleep and therefore thought it would've been easier if you blocked him out and went on with your nap. That was the plan. Until you heard him say something that made you site up "What did you say?"
"Han Jisung is waiting outside for you" He says and you looked at him eyes wide and confused "I can tell him to fuck off, but you know not as tamed as that"
"What is he doing here?" You asked and he shrugs, making stand up
"You're not seriously considering talking to him, are you?"
"No" You answered
"I didn't think you'd come out and see me" Han Jisung admits
"Me neither" You replied
"I got you your favorite, help yourself" He looks down, motioning the coffee infront of you "Y/n Noona?"
You licked your lips and sighed sharply, taking it and sipping the coffee, making him smile softly "What are you doing here? Do you want something?"
"Are you worried cause of sasaengs?" He asked and looked around "I chose this place cause we use to meet up hear remember?" you looked away from him and he continues "so don't worry, no one followed me, and I made sure to not be seen, I don't want you to have a panic attack, so don't worry about that" he turns to look at you and smiled "I remember how you looked when it happened, the first time sasaengs followed you back to your home, it won't happen again"
"Jisung" You began and he stops talking "What are you doing here?"
"I honestly wanted to talk to you, Noona" He answers after a second of you waiting for you to speak
"About what?"
"Baekhyeon Hyung, told me you cried when the song Ex was released..." He trails off "is it true?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because it means you still care for me"
"You're wasting my time" You whispered and stood up "God, I shouldn't have come" You turned around to leave him
"Stay" He calls and you stopped "please"
You turned and looked at him gripping the fabric of your top "What do you want from me?"
"I want you back" he answers
You held your breath "If this is some sick joke— I swear—"
"Its not," He assures finally looking up to look at you "Its really not, I—I know that its been a year and what I did is unexcusable but I learned—I hate myself for putting you through that and I want you back, I'll take care of you, Love you and protect you, I'll never do it again. But please give me a chance.."
You stared at him in disbelief, "You're kidding?" You asked "Are you seriously asking me that right now?"
"I'll take care of you, it won't happen again" He quickly answers "It will never happen again, this past year was the most horrible I have ever felt and it was even more darker cause I didn't have you"
"Am I some kind of emotional blanket for you?" You asked walking up to him, towering over him "Is that how you think of me?"
He quickly shakes his head "I'm sorry, that's not— It came out wrong" He takes a deep breath, holding our hand to keep you from walking away from him, "Please, let me explain"
You pulled your hand away, and he stares at you waiting for you to let hem, "Three... Two..." His eyes widened when he realized that you were counting down
"I—I wait, Y/n—I love you" He starts and you freeze on the spot looking down on him "I love you so much, I hated myself so much for letting go of someone who loved me, Lee Know Hyung, Channie Hyung, Yongbokie and I.N. have been the voice in the back of my head, they would say the things I would be so afraid to say out loud, cause I thought I no longer have the right to tell you these things.
"But I love you, I love you so so so much, It hurt me seeing you walk away that day, and then having to see you try to not cry when we meet eye to eye, I miss you, I still look for you in the morning, hoping you're there, or if you sent me a message, I miss how you send me random things throughout the day just to make me smile and laugh, or how you and Innie talk to eachother more often than we do and you would ask to be placed on speaker so you can greet all of us before ending the call, I miss how you scrunch your nose when you hear the demo of a song and you are not satisfied with it, or how you curl up in your sleep and I hug you, I miss your scent, your voice, your laugh, I miss you.
"I regret everything and I hate myself for hurting you the way I did. So please, please, please, please take me back... Give me another chance, please" He begs
You stared at him, your head hurts, your heart hurts, why did you have to meet him? you should've just stayed in the studio and sleep. Why did you stay when he asked for you? Why did you listen to his words? You wanted to throw up "You're too late" you answered after releasing a deep breath, he stares at you, eyes glossing over at your words
Only to get cut off by the sound of your phone ringing, and you answer it, "Y/n where the fuck are you?" Was what greeted you when you answered your managers call "Did you meet up with Han Jisung? Y/n? What will happen if Johnny hears of this?"
"Please, don't tell" You whispered, eyes locked with Han Jisung's "Oppa, please?"
"Get back here" he says "You have work. Now" He says stricter "Or I will tell him" The call ends and you finally broke contact with Jisung
"I have to go to work" You said and your turn to leave
"I understand, you don't have to answer me now, but maybe" He starts "I will perform a song I wrote for you by the end of the year, listen to the song first"
You looked at him before sighing and turning to leave "I got to go" You said
"Stay safe" he says as you disappear from his view
"Y/n-ssi!" The producer calls and you flinched
"Yes?" You said in shock "Sorry?"
"You're spacing out, what's wrong?" She asks and you shake you head with a laugh
"Nothing, I was just thinking" You shake your head and looked down at the lyrics of the song, with Johnny looking at you worriedly
"Let's call that a day, and return tomorrow ok?" The producer starts after an hour in the booth and you looked at her nodding "Tomorrow I need you to be better, got it Y/n?"
You nod and bowed "Yes ma'am" She smiles and bows back
"Y/n" Johnny calls after a second and you looked at him "You ok?"
You nod and gathered your things "Yeah, just spacing out is all"
"Wanna tell me why?" He asks
"No" You answered and was about to turn and leave when he grabbed your arm, backing you up to a wall and casing you in between his arms, leaning close and you immediately place your hand on his chest "I—Johnny Oppa what— Sir you are too close—" you tried to say
"Are you gonna tell me now?" He asks teasingly
You tried to say something, you did, but at this time (With you being against the wall, with him close enough to kiss you, your hands on his chest) your brain has refused to cooperate "I can't think"
He blinks and laughs "Are you that flustered?"
You opened your mouth but nothing came out
He starts to say something only for him to stop when your manager's voice was heard through the intercom "You two better not be making out in there"
You jumped, pushing Johnny away from you "Sorry" You said. despite the sound proof room you are in you can see your manager laughing from the other side of the glass "Rude" You huffed and resumed in gathering your stuff
"You both have five minutes to wrap it up" He reminds and you both watch as he leaves the room, leaving you and Johnny alone
"Y/n" Johnny calls and you turned to look at him "Tell me please? just a little, you said you wouldn't hide things from me" he pouts
"Its really nothing" You assured and walked up to him
"You were spacing out" He began "I doubt it was nothing" He moves to wrap his arms around you waist to hug you, his face hidden by your neck
You wrapped your arms around his neck, pulling yourself up a bit by tiptoeing so his neck won't hurt, you were quiet a bit, thinking "I met up with someone," You answered and he hums, listening to you "Meeting them just messed with my head is all, no biggie" You pulled away from him
"Who was it?" He asks and follows you out and you just shrugged, leaving the room "Y/n?"
You didn't reply, approaching your manager who was speaking to someone "Oppa" You called and he looks at you, "I'll wait by the van so we can go to the next sched, yeah?"
"Um, yeah?" He says surprised by the initiative, and watched you walk off
"Hyung" Johnny calls and he looks at Johnny with a raised eyebrow "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure what's up?"
"Who did Y/n meet up with exactly?" Johnny starts worriedly "She's shaken up"
Baekhyeon stares at for a second, a memory resurfacing about the conversation you two previously had:
"You are not making any sense!" Baekhyeon raises his voice at you and you take a sip of the beer in your hand, Baekhyeon sighs angrily, grabbing it and throwing it to the sink "Y/n fucking own up to your problems! Are you playing with Johnny?"
"I was drinking that" You whined
"I need you sober. or I'm calling Johnny" He threatens
"I'll stay sober" You murmured and looked up at him
"Do you care about Johnny?"
"of course I do. I love him" You answered "I think, love is a too big of a word, though.. Maybe like him a lot"
"Then why when Jisung was added into the equation, you need a drink?" He asks "You're not seriously getting back together are you?" You looked at him "If you say your 'just confused' I will hit you"
"I'm not confused" You answered
"Then why are you drinking?" He asks angry "It means your contemplating and you feel guilty about your feelings!"
"It's messed up"
"Well at least you agree, Its even more messed up when you didn't even defend your feelings for Johnny" He shot back and crossed his arms "Do you want him back?"
"No" You answered
"then why didn't you tell him to piss off when he asked you back?"
"Cause," You began and stroked your hair "I wanted to hear the song"
"You've got to be shitting me" He murmurs "You do realize even if you have told him no he would still sing the song for you"
You scoffed "Really?" You asked after a second "Han Jisung would still perform the song even after a sure answer that I won't return to him? The same Han Jisung who threw the dinner he cooked for me when he found out I'm staying at Eunnie's place, instead of just giving it to me? Or what about that time, when I cancelled listening to the demo he wanted me to hear with him so I can get ready for a performance but instead he scrapped it and deleted it and wrote a new song?" Baekhyeon looks away for a second, unsure too "See? That's why I didn't tell him anything. I have no plans of dating him again" You clarified "If you make me choose between him and Johnny Oppa, My answer is Johnny, I choose Johnny
"I've met him and now I'm sure, I'm more afraid and on guard around him then I do care about him. When I saw him, I started thinking of why he did it, of why he chose to hurt me, just seeing him made me doubt myself all over again but Johnny never made me question myself like that"
He stares at you as if thinking "then why, don't you want Johnny to know?"
"He doesn't need to know it, its just me, being curious" You answered "so again, please don't tell Johnny anything"
He licks his lips "fine. I won't tell him but your not planning to seriously planning never telling him" he huffs "Right?"
"If I can avoid it, I'd like too" You admit
"You both will fight" He warns "Its better he hears it from you rather than some news outlet"
"I'll figure it out"
He sighs "You and your brother, fucking hopeless. Why am I friends with either of you?" you smile at his words "Fine! do whatever you want. I need a drink, you have anymore beer?"
"it's in the fridge" You instructed "get me one too, you threw mine in the sink"
"Hyung?" Johnny calls out again and Baekhyeon blinks
"Sorry," He smiles and places a hand on Johnny's shoulder "I was thinking, whoever she met up with, I have no idea, must've been out of office hours" he answers and Johnny drops "but I wouldn't worry much if I were you." he motions to the door "I got to go" He smiles and turns around to leave
"You say that," Johnny whispers "but I still worry"
"Y/n?" Johnny's voice greeted you after you answered the phone call
"Oppa?" You said voice horse from sleeping "Why are you calling me at," You pulled your phone away to look at the time "one am?" You sat up "Are you ok?"
You can hear him laugh at your reaction "I'm fine, but I'm outside"
"I'm sorry, your where now?" You asked
"Outside," He said again "I'm really stressed and I want to be with you, I know I should've called you before hand—"
"nine-five-zero-two-zero-nine" You cut him off
"What?" He asked confused
"the passcode to the apartment," You answered "I'm on my bed come here"
There was a moment of silence, you can tell how happy he was "What, uh, what was the code again?"
You hummed "nine-five-zero-two-zero-nine"
"Oh, ok, wait" He answers and he start murmuring the code under his breath as he types it in, you can hear the unlock sound of the door through the phone and he stops "Wait, isn't that?"
"Yeah" You murmured settling back on the bed "I made it your birthday"
"I'm going to your room" He announces, you can hear his footsteps from outside
"Hurry," You whined "I took off my blanket so you can snuggle, and now I'm cold"
You hear the door open and then the familiar buzz of the call finishing I smile "Oppa~" You called
He smiles and moves to join you on the bed, his arms around your waist, pulling the blanket up you both, He kisses the shell of your ear and you smile, turning your head to look at him "feel better?"
He nods, humming "you're helping"
You chuckle, and tapped his arm so he can loosen them and he did, you shifted so your facing him "Hi" You greet and he smiles pecking your nose "Tell me about your day?" You asked reach out to run your finger through his hair
"Its a lot" He starts
"I'm listening" You assured
"Can I hold your hand?" He asks and you nod, offering it too him, he locks it "Before that, I know that we're not dating" He starts and you blinked up at him "And I know that you said you don't want kisses atleast until we're official, right?"
You nod "yeah, but still, you would steal kisses on my cheek and nose whenever you get a chance"
He smiles and pecks your nose "But I don't kiss your lips" He teases "I don't want to kiss you yet either. But I'm happy that I get to cuddle and hold your hand like this" He sighs happily "My safe place" He says and rubs his thumb on your hand, a twinge of guilt buried itself in your heart
Yet you smile "tell me what stressed you out?" You asked "And since, Insung Oppa likes you we can ask him to do something about it" You teased as he stares at you in shock "Perks for dating someone like me"
"We're not though," He teased back "unless this is how we become official"
"Nope" You shook your head "Not yet, There's still something I need to figure out"
He nods "Oh?" He asks wiggling his eyebrows
"No" You said and laughed "You first, tell me about your day"
"Are you gonna eat that?" He asked pointing at the peppers you've set aside from the pizza you both ended up ordering at four am, he couldn't sleep, and ended up going and staying over, which ended up with you two cuddling and talking for two hours, about his stress and you comforting him before your stomach made a noise of protest
"You can have it" You said softly and he happily places it on his slice
"I'll eat all the peppers for you" He says and you laugh, shifting to peck his cheeks "What was that for?"
"For eating the peppers for me" You answered and he takes another bite before exposing his cheeks again "Sorry it was a one time thing" You joked and he whines before laughing. You watch as he bites more of the pizza that has an overwhelming amount of peppers "How are you feeling?" You asked him and he look at you mid chew "stressed?"
"Not as much," He admits, "You helped, my safe place" he said again and you frowned when you felt the guilt again, He looks through his phone when he received a notification only to see the frown "Ok, what's wrong?"
You swallowed and placed the pizza down, "Actually, I need to tell you something"
He had his eyes glued on his screen before looking at you "About what?" He asks
"The other day," You began "When I was spacing out, I said I met up with someone right?"
He nods "Are you going to tell me who?" He asked, a bit cold, like he was trying to control he tone
You nod, "the one I met up with, his name is—"
"Han Jisung" he cuts you off and you looked at him in surprise
"What?"
"You met up with him in a café?" He states and you looked at him in shock
"H-how'd you?"
He unlocks his phone and shows you the article
Your eyes widened at the picture, and you moved to look at Johnny who was staring back at you "We were followed?" You asked, chest heaving at the thought of being followed again befre you spoke up "We didn't go on a date" You quickly defended and he tilts head with a hum "He wanted to talk to me and I met up with him, Nothing happened.." He nods "Why are you so calm about this? I thought you'd be mad?"
"I am mad" he answers and drops his phone on the table with a loud sound that made you flinch "I'm mad that you met up with him without informing me, cause I remember I asked you to call me whenever you leave for something, I'm mad cause you met up with him, and you didn't even tell me, I'm mad cause I'm guessing even Baekhyeon Hyung didn't tell me cause you asked him to, I'm mad that you didn't tell me this when I asked you a the other day. I'm mad cause I saw the article first before you said it"
"I'm sorry"
"I'm thankful, that you told me, the article just beat you to it. But it still doesn't make sense, why? Why did he ask you to meet up?" You looked down and away from him making him narrow down at the table where his phone lay, the screen cracked but still pretty usable, a clear view of the article still there "Y/n"
"He wanted me back" You answered, closing your eyes when he looks at you
"He what?" He asks offended "he asked that? When you're dating me? When there's articles of us, having dates, fans taking pictures of us as couples, when there was this leaked photo of kissing your cheek?" He raises his voice "When there's countless articles and photos of you entering NCT dorms or me going to yours? When my IG account is usually filled with photos of our dates? He said that?"
"Well—"
"What did you say?" He cuts you of
"I didn't finish my sentence—"
"No to him," He looks at you "What did you tell him?"
"I— well, actually— um" You began half you wanted to tell him the truth that you didn't say anything, all for a selfish reason. The other part of you wanted to lie and just get the conversation over with
He watches you as you tried to form a sentence, avoiding eye contact "It's a simple question," He starts, and then he realizes something "You said no, right? After everything he did, even if you didn't say no because of me, you said no, for yourself right?" You closed your mouth and looked at him.
It took him a second to process what you mean, and he felt that familiar pain in his chest, his voice quiet he asks "You said yes?" You shake you head "Then what the hell did you say?"
"Nothing" You answered
Johnny stares at you before closing his eyes and angrily rubbing his face with the palm of his hands with a heavy "That so much worse" he answers. After a second he stopped rubbing his face and grabbed his phone, taking a deep breath before standing "I'm going back to the dorms" he informs and turns towards the door
"What?" You asked and stood up to follow him "Oppa" You called but he didn't turn around "Oppa!" You called again ignoring the fact that the ground was called when you chased him out grabbing his sleeve "Oppa please"
He stops, turning to look at you, tears falling down his cheeks "You" He began "You need to figure yourself out. Do you want to be with me? Do you not want to be with me? Either answer I would accept, I would still respect you either way, I would care for you either way. But this? This is just plain cruel, you're hurting me. So my advice? Figure it out, sort out your feelings. Then we can talk" He wipes the teas and pushes your hand away
"What do you mean, 'then we can talk'?" You asked breathing a bit harsh in fear
He releases a shaky breath "It means, until you figure it out, it'd be best if we don't see each other"
And with that you watch as the first time Johnny has turned his back on you and left you alone, as he tried his hardest to not cry and breakdown saying the words that only hurts him more
"Hyung?" Haechan asks when Johnny walks into their dorm and lies down covering his face with his pillow, so early in the morning, Haechan rubs the towel against his head and gently nudges Johnny's feet "Why are you back? I thought you'd spend the rest of the day with noona, since, you know, you have a day off?"
"Don't talk about her" Johnny warns, obviously angry, eye closed as he forces himself o sleep
Haechan freezes, the gears in his mind working, why was Johnny suddenly acting like this "Did you guys fight?" He asks softly
Johnny's eyes open as he turns to look at Haechan who flinched "Didn't I say to stop talking about her?" He asks
Haechan gulps "Do you wanna talk about it?"
Johnny sighs rolling his eyes
"Oh you messed up" Baekhyeon mutters drinking the tea you placed infront of him twenty minutes ago, you groaned at his comment, digging your face into the pillow as you lied, belly down on the sofa "And he wont reply to you? Like at all?"
You huffed sat up, taking your phone from under the pillow to type something and showing it to your manager, showing the endless green bubbles of messages from your side of the conversation, you moved to press send to add another bubble of text.
"It is early, he might be asleep" he reasons only to get cut short when the screen changed to show that he has read the message "He read it, but he isn't replying?"
You nod, "He made sure that he's ignoring me, but acknowledging my presence at the same time" You sighed "here look" You moved to press call, and a picture of Johnny asleep pops out as the caller ID, and then it rings, Baekhyeon waited anxiously as the phone rang three to four times before the screen blinked red 'call declined' "Everytime I call him this is what happens"
"He's determined to ignore you" Baekhyeon notes and you flopped back face down on the pillow
The next couple of days was just you doing your work as fast and as efficient so you don't need to redo it to get free time by the end of the week
The moment you woke up with your phone ringing, your manager's voice greeting you with a hum as the call switches to a video call, you can see how fresh he was as compared to you, dressed in a sweater top, his glasses (the one's he only wears when he's at home) hair a messy mop on his head, obviously fresh from the shower, he smiles "Morning Princess" He teases
"Don't" You warned, knowing very well that you probably have a morning star, a pool of saliva on your pillow. You sat up grabbing a ponytail to tie your hair out of your face and walking to the bathroom as you ash your face, placing the ohone to the side "What's the agenda today?" You asked
He hums "Nothing" He answers and you looked at him, face dripping with water
"What?"
"Nothing, some cancelled so you were supposedly getting a half day today and I thought, I can just move those and now your day is free"
You blinked, "Then why did you wake me up?" You asked confused
"To tell you 'Wake up, you have no work. go back to bed'" He grins happy with his joke
You glared at him through the screen "Dick" You huffed and ended the call before he could reply
You flopped back down on your bed, determined to sleep the day away, and you were almost there, on the brink of sleep, until you shot up a memory griping your brain and you realized, its your day off. You stood up to take a quick shower, after taking his clothes out and into the the washer
"Haechan" You breathed after walking inside the NCT dorms, after Yuta sleepily lets you in, Haechan was dressed out, as he turns to look at you, quickly standing up
"Noona" He says and walks up to you "How did you get in here?" he asks in surprise, eyes shifting uneasily to the hallway in the direction to his and Johnny's shared bedroom
"Yuta Oppa, let me in" You answered looking at him "I wanted to talk to Johnny," He shifts uncomfortably "What's wrong?"
"I don't think you should see him yet" He answers and you opened your mouth in an understanding, sadness gripping over you "He's still pretty upset and he's not home today too, so you know" He mutters out looking down
You chuckled dryly, forcing it out of you "he asked you to say that, didn't he?" He avoids your eyes "Its ok, I understand, It was my fault to begin with" You answered and reached out to grab your bag and hand it to Haechan "Here are some of the clothes he left at my place the past couple of weeks and uh, its all cleaned, so can you give it back to him?" You asked, Haechan slowly takes it and nods "Thanks," You smile and moved to look in the direction of the hallway "I'm leaving" You announced and turned to leave the dorm before you show Haechan the disappointed look on your face, closing the door behind you
Haechan sighs and looks in the direction of the hallway "Do you really have no plans in following after her?"
"No" Johnny answers walking out of the shadows with a soft sigh, taking the bag "I can't when as of now, I'm not even sure if she's willing to fight for us" he answers and walks back to his room
Months. That was how long it was. You and Johnny haven't been in contact, at some point you stopped calling him, only left him texts. Quick and simple ones just to wish him a good morning or good night, but the end of the year performances are quickly approaching and even those messages are sometimes being forgotten
This is the first time in months that you have been in the same room he is. Both yours and NCT's manager has made sure to place your tables near one another for the photos the fans are probably already filling their camera rolls of pictures of you and Johnny, despite the lack of interaction
You, NCT, and other groups all watched as the opening ceremony started. It took you a moment, but the moment that the break was announced to prepare the stage for the first performers before they announce who won certain awards you turned to look at Johnny, who seemed to be looking at you
"We need to talk" You answered, and he looks up at the fans, who you both can tell were readying their cameras and nodded, shifting to get closer to you so he can listen. You leaned forward to whisper in his ear "I need to tell you something but this time you can't run away from me"
"You're the one who runs away, not me" he replies back
"We haven't spoken in months, I tried to talk to you"
"Its because you went and had a drink with your ex without telling me" he says, looking at you "I wasn't going to stop you, in fact, if you had told me I would've encouraged you, helped you even, heck I wasn't even mad about that in the first place, You didn't say no, when he asked you back, you couldn't say now, why can't you say no?"
You closed your mouth and looked down
"This" He mentions between the two of you "Is never going to work if you keep doing this to yourself, you say you like me but why is he always a problem when it comes to us?"
"He wrote a song for me" You answered "I needed to know what it says, but I have no intention of getting back with him" You admitted and he listens
"You did this because of a song?" He asks, closing his eyes, to not lash out in public
"No," You answered "I did for the peace of mind, because you and Baekhyeon Oppa are right, I can't ask you to wait forever, and I can't be with you 'till I have made up my mind. I need to listen to the song to finally just finally let go of everything that Han Jisung has ever done to hurt me, so I can finally look you in the eyes and tell you that I love you with out being afraid as I am now. Cause its not fair for you to like someone who is afraid of letting you in"
He stares at you "Do you really mean that?" He asks "After all of this will you finally get better? Is this the only way I can help you heal the wounds that he started?"
You nod "I want to be with you, I really do, I'm just scared" You closed your eyes "but I'm more scared of you leaving me"
He moves to lean his forehead on your shoulder "I was so scared that you'd choose him" He admits holding you close
The rest of the awardings was just a big blur to you, you have no idea what's going on or what's around you after Johnny's words, that the only thing that woke you up was the emcee's voice announcing the next performer
You watched, barely functioning as Straykids walk on the stage and into their positions, catching Han Jisungs eye and you looked away, towards Johnny who also turned to look at you, it was this way you silently showed him that you chose him
You looked back on stage and watched the performance, smiling at how much they improved. And joining the fans in cheering for the group. Slowly everyone left the stage except of Han Jisung who speaks up "Hello everyone, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who supported Stray Kids and me this year and in the future. I wanted to say Thank you and that I love you all so much" he turns to look at you "I actually have a present for you all" he hums and turns to look towards the crowd "Hope you all like it" he smiles and the lights dimmed to start his song
[Now Playing: HaPpY - Han Jisung]
The melody of the guitar was the first thing you heard before he starts singing
I have no more chances
So I feel sad right now
You make me cry hey
How about you?
You held your breath at his words, silently preparing yourself for what comes next
Are you happy out there?Naega gyeot-e eobs-eodo honja haengboghage sal-agajugil (Even if I'm not by your side, I hope you live happily)I'm so glad to see youIn my dream nae kkum-eseo nawa jamsilado us-eojugil (hope you smile with me even for a moment)Nega eobs-eodo, neukkil su issge (So that even without you, I can feel)Please be happy out there yeong-wonhi (forever)Geu yeppeun us-eum ganjighamyeo eonjena bichnagil (Hope you always shine with that pretty smile)
Johnny looks at you, to see your reaction but you just sat there, listening to what Jisung has to say
Kkeutkkaji neon aleumdawossgo (You were beautiful till the end)
Yeojeonhi meongcheonghan naman yeogi nam-ass-eo (Stupid me is all that remains here)
Geuttae deo manh-i jalhaejul geol (Should have treated you better back then)
Regret, he mentioned that too with Ex. You rolled your eyes in disbelief, you can't believe you were swayed by that song months ago
Jinbuhan maldeulman baetgo hansum neul-eojyeo (After saying these obvious words I give out long sigh)
Sigan-eul doedollyeo cheoeumbuteo dasi sijaghago sipda beolsseo (I want to rewind time and start all over already)
Eojileobge mang-gajin i sanghwang-eul jaeguseong (Reorganize this chaotically destroyed situation)
Hago haengboghagiman haessdeon geuttaelo gago sip-eossjiman neomu meol-eo
Mam-i ije byeonhaessda (And go back to the time when I was happy but it's too far away, My mind has changed)
You hurt me, You thought gritting your teeth. You don't come back and say you want me back cause you changed your mind, do you have any idea how much I cried because of you, the amount of things I blamed myself for?
Us-eum-eul jisji anh-assgo geu gamjeongdeul-i modu sig-eossda (I didn't smile and all emotions turned cold)
Dol-agal suga eobs-eossda (I couldn't go back)
Seulpeuge mal-eul geonneneun neol bomyeo doelyeo gwaenchanhda wiloleul hae (As you talk to me sadly, I rather comfort you)
Geugeo da jayeonseuleon il-ilago (That everything happens naturally)
Igeon jeoldae ne jalmos aninikka ulji ma (This is never your fault so don't cry)
Nunmul heulliji malgo geuttaecheoleom (Don't shed tears and like those times)
Us-eojwo neon us-eul ttaega jeil yeppeunikka (Smile, because you're the prettiest when you smile)
You swallowed harshly when he turns to look at you, as if he knew what you would've said if this was an actual fight between the two of you
Naega neol dasi jabneundamyeon eotteolkka (What if I hold onto you again?)
Geuttaelo uli dol-agal su iss-eulkka (Can we go back to those times?)
"No" You said aloud when he asks the question when the song switches back to the chorus, Johnny turns to looks at you when you spoke
"No?" He asks
You nod "No" you reach out to hold his hand, he opens his mouth to ask but was interupted
"Excuse me," A staff called out, catching yours, and NCT's attention, "We need you for standby" We nod and I stand following the staff as we get ready for the performance
You stood there as Han Jisung gets off the stage, around the same time Johnny and the rest of NCT walk on it, you stay behind as your part comes in around chorus, you stayed back stage
"What do you think of the song?" Han Jisung asks walking up to you after he has given back the mic
"Catchy" You replied
"That's it?" He asks a bit disappointed
"yeah" you answered
"so that's a no then?" he asks "on my proposal, I mean"
"About us getting back together?" You asks and he nods "Yeah that's a no"
"Even if I beg?" He starts
"Don't" You began and he looks at you, eyes screaming 'why?' "You hurt me, it took me so long just to accept it, so long to stop crying when I look at you, when I hear you, and for months I blamed myself?"
"Its not your fault" He replies
"It felt like it was" You answered "And don't get me wrong, I love you I still do, but now My love for you is as much as my love for Yongbokie, or IN or even Hyunie" You began "Now, I found someone who will love me even if I wasn't sure, even when I did anything to hurt him so I can't feel what I felt when I was with you. And you know what? I love him, so much, I'm more afraid of loosing him"
"Johnny Sunbaenim?" He asks and you nod and he shifts in place "When we met up, an article was released, you guys fought didn't you?" You nod again "Did you make it clear? That I'm out of the picture?"
"When I get up on stage, I will" You answered and he nods
"That's good," He smiles and takes a step back " I wrote Happy for you, hoping that maybe, you'll come back to me, but I meant what I wrote, just be happy, with whoever, wherever" He looks out at the stage to NCT performing "I wish you nothing but the best"
"Ms. L/n Y/n" calls one of the staff on your IEM, "get ready thirty seconds before you enter" You placed a hand on your ear before looking at Han
He smiles "Going on stage?" He asks and you nod "You should get ready then, he moves to turn away from you
"Ten seconds" The staff reminded you
"Jisung" You called and he stops to look at you, "You'll be ok" You said to comfort him and he nods turning to head back and watch the performance with the rest of Straykids
"Enter in Three... Two... One" The staff says again and you entered the stage singing your verse
The performance ends with NCT and you taking a bow, Taeyong takes the mic and starts his speech "To everyone who have supported me and my group and Y/n I wanted to say thank you for all the love you have given us. And because of that Johnny Hyung and Y/n have a special surprise for all of you" He smiles and ushers everyone except you and Johnny off the stage as the song begins
You covered the mic to talk to Johnny "I'm sorry for ever making you doubt me and yourself. I wrote this song for you, because of you, to you" You smile, Johnny could feel his pulse quicken at your words "I asked you to wait, but by the end of this song you don't have to" You answered and pulled away
"Y/n Positions" The staff says in your in ear monitor again and you pulled away from Johnny who stares at you in surprise
[Now playing: Not Another song about love by Hollywood Ending]
Johnny places the mic to his lips as he sang the first part of the song, "Let it out, Been building up, You better let it out, Say everything that you've been meaning now, I want it to burn" He looks at you as you smile back at him motioning him to continue singing "When you tell me I'm such a wreck, It isn't easy cleaning up your mess, It's like I've got a rope around my neck" He turns to point at you as he says the last part "She says it won't hurt"
You placed the mic to your lips to sing your part, watching as Johnny turns to look at you, mic resting on his chest "But everything you do makes my heart race, I can't even think straight, Is this just a game to you?" He smiles, its as if you were scolding him "Reruns every night, It's always the same fight, And I think you should know" You began and he focuses on the lyrics, knowing that you wrote the song as a message for him, he want to hear everything "I hate your touch, I hate your mouth, I can't stand every single word that falls out, But you're all that I've been dreaming of, This is not another song about love" You wrote this song thinking about how much in denial and afraid you were, and finally, finally you were letting Johnny in, "I hate your voice, I hate your lips, I hate how bad I wanna steal your kiss, But you're all that I've been dreaming of, This is not another song about love"
Your turn again, you place the mic close and sand the next verse, looking at him "Asphyxiated just to say the least, And with your eyes, you're suffocating me, Emptied my lungs, it's getting hard to breathe, You couldn't care less"
You nod to tell him to continue the rest of the song, and he does "But everything you do makes my heart race, I can't even think straight, Is this just a game to you? Reruns every night, It's always the same fight, And I think you should know" He takes a quick breath to sing the chorus once more "I hate your touch, I hate your mouth, I can't stand every single word that falls out, But you're all that I've been dreaming of, This is not another song about love." he turns to look at the fans and smiles singing the next part "I hate your voice, I hate your lips, I hate how bad I wanna steal your kiss, But you're all that I've been dreaming of, This is not another song about love"
Johnny stops, thinking this was the end of the song, the version you made sure he heard. He hasn't heard the ending, the real ending of the song, the one you whole heartedly dedicated your feelings in, and your thoughts, the one you wrote for Johnny. He looks at you confused but you just sang "The sky fades from blue to gray, Your touch is like an ocean, Still I'm drowning, How bad I wanna sink and let it take me away" he holds his breath as if he realizes why he hasn't heard this part of the song before, "I don't know why I come back, I do every time, We get close to the end, It's a finish line, Sing these words for the guy I've been dreaming of," Is this just another song about love?"
You walked up to him and hold his hand, looking u at him as if you were saying these words instead of singing them "Let it out, Been building up, I better let it out, Say everything that I've been meaning now, Dreaming 'bout, I need it now, I need it now, I need your touch, I have no doubt, I want your love 'til it all runs out" His eyes widened, your words from before the performance ringing in his head "'Cause you're all that I've been dreaming of, Is this just another song about love?" You let go of his hand to look at the audience to sing the last part of the song "I need your voice, I need your lips, I need you bad, I wanna steal your kiss, 'Cause you're all that I've been dreaming of, This is just another song about, Another song about love"
You were blinded by the light, as fans cheered for both you and Johnny as you finished singing the song together, you pulled out your earpiece when you felt Johnny's presence lean down to whisper something to you "You did well" He congratulates and holds your hand, you looked at him and bowed your head before smiling
He takes off his in ear monitor and leans down so you can reply "They're cheering for you" He laughs "They're your fans"
"They're our fans" He corrects and bows with you following suit, he takes the mic and speaks "Thank you so much for all the love you all are sending us"
You nod and spoke into your mic as well "This means so much to us, Thank you!" you waved and bowed "This is the first out of many songs me and Johnny will sing so please keep supporting us!" Johnny smiles at your words but he quickly wipes it off
Johnny leads you off the stage and grinned once the staff members take off both your mics "About what you said earlier" He starts as he faces his fan to you
"What about it?" You asked and faced your fan to him
"Was that my answer?" He asks and smiles and you couldn't help but roll your eyes "Was that a yes?"
"Its a maybe" You stated and he alternates the fan between you two "Its a, if you still want to be with me, I'll be with you, If I haven't scared you off, I'll be with you"
He stares at you before hugging you "Yes, of course, I like you Y/n, I really do, you have no idea" He hugs you closer "Stay with me, ok? Please?"
"I'll stay, " You whispered and hugged him back "I'm yours"
He pulls away, quick enough to land a small peck on your lips "No take backs"
You smile "No take backs"
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