As Ling sat still on the vintage upholstered wooden chair that squeaked slightly everytime she moved, her mind was anything but still. A flurry of thoughts of Why? and How? clogged her thoughts. The air was thick with tension, until Ling’s father clears his throat, breaking the silence.  He asked the same question ran in the heads of the Zhang family “So uhh, this uh contract thing, you going?” -Sort of. 

“Dad, i don’t know can we do this tomorrow, it’s late i need to stu-

“No, Ling. You’re father’s right…sort of… We need to decide now, they expect an answer tomorrow morning.” replied Ling’s mother

“Look I’ll ju-

Ling was cut off from the tune of EXO’s Growl suddenly going off on her laptop.

“LING! How are you? Have you been eating well? You’ve been taking your medicine right?” Lay’s face appeared on screen waving hi excitedly, he was sweaty, which meant he was practicing just before.

Lay basically listed everything you could ever ask your sibling-that-you’ve-never-met-in-along-time-because-you’re-a-hella-popular-k-pop-idol-who-has-a-ty-company. Ling just nodded her head along, waiting for her brother to take a breath, because damn, it’s been a minute and he’s still talking…

“How’s school? Oh i heard Mnet contacted you about a program thing right, you’re accepting it right, then i c