Ch 3 - First Quarter
Waxing & Waning: Two MoonsMAMA Era
The story behind this:
Time for a fansign. Kyungsoo likes seeing the fans, he really does, but he’s been dreading this because of what his manager, Jaehyuk, told him when he pulled him aside the week before…
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“You need to ham it up some more for the fans.”
Kyungsoo quickly retorted, “I’ve always shunned aegyo, everyone knew this before I was even put in a group. I hate it.”
Jaehyuk huffed, clearly unsatisfied with that response. “Well, fine, but then you need more skinship with a member.”
The singer grimaced. “Why? That’s not really my style either.”
“I don’t care what your style is: this is about D.O. You’re the most standoffish, fine, we’ll work within that, focus more on a manly image in general, but D.O still needs to be approachable, at least seem like it with one member so fangirls can imagine being that ONE special person who’d unlock D.O’s affections,” the manager ranted.
Kyungsoo sighed. He knew this was part of the idol package. He chewed his lip trying to think of an appropriate alternative or some way out.
“Look, you get along with your roommates, Jongin and Chanyeol, right? I never have to break up squabbles in your room.”
This was true. He’d started getting coffees with Jongin regularly during free times since the dancer first invited him along last month. It was now just routine, and a comfortable one at that, where both assumed that time was theirs to hang out together unless something came up. It had become the default arrangement so much so that he’d been disappointed and even mildly… irked when Jongin told him last time he couldn’t go because he had promised to meet up with Taemin and Krystal whom he hadn’t seen in forever. Kyungsoo was jealous… jealous of Jongin having such famous buddies, that’s all. Yeah, that’s all, no big deal…
He was startled out of his daydreaming by Jaehyuk’s impatient voice. “Right?”
“Huh?”
“You’re cool with Chanyeol?”
“Chanyeol? He’s alright, for an oversized muppet who can’t appreciate more than 5 seconds of silence.”
“Okay, so Jongin it is. I want to see skinship at the next fanmeet. End of discussion,” Jaehyuk hurriedly spit out the last two sentences and ran off to grab Sehun before he sprinted after a bubble tea catering cart that just passed them, pleading with him to, “remember the diet! You’re an idol now, for goodness sake - resist the tapioca craving!”
‘Damn it,’ Kyungsoo mentally cursed.
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They’re all are up on stage now at the fanmeet. Kyungsoo wants to pretend he hasn’t been obsessing for a whole week over Jaehyuk’s instructions, because he’s not sure why he’s making such a big deal out of this. He should have just pulled Jongin aside, told him what Jaehyuk said, and then they’d both be on board with some kind of plan. Kyungsoo likes plans, thrives on plans. Why the hell doesn’t he have a plan?? And Jongin’s a total professional at this idol stuff: HE would have come up with a good plan so Kyungsoo wouldn’t hav
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