CROSS POSTED IN WISHING WELLS CHAPTER 8

This is an example of a chapter that you'll see in a future series: A POT OF LUCK that I will start soon when I finish some of my other series. And it will heavily on Maknaes. Not only ChangYoonSeoKyuSooWook, but also TaeLliKaiHunStal. Well maybe even more on the latter five :).

Only in K-Pop Group there is a special role that the youngest member has to borne. While the other members (except the leaders, of course) can choose whatever attributes or persona that they want to, these so called Maknaes have to live the lives of never ending scrutiny and spotlights, just because they are the babies of the group.

Everyone in the business notices that it is easy for them to build alliances among themselves# Lines of supports and shoulders to lean on# Something that only the youngest would understand.

Kyuhyun and Changmin for example, developed a line that they could make the other members #except perhaps their extraordinary member, Ryeowook, was the only one who did not# called them ‘Hyung’.

But mostly, they build a support system amongst the group’s maknaes. Yes, with ‘s’, because most groups actually have two youngest members that sometimes separated only by months. Yet even in the case of Yoona and Seohyun, a year of difference does not lessen the bond that these two most criticizing members have with each other.

It does not exclude the next generations of maknaes. Even in EXO, out of all of the 12 members – because for them, there are no ‘K’ and ‘M’ in real life -, Kai and Sehun are inseparable lately.

It is just how maknaes lives are meant to be.

Perhaps.

Because there is one maknae who thinks she is a lone raider.

Long time ago, watching the older maknaes interacted, she thought Jinri and herself would be like that# But apparently she was wrong.

There always Taemin in between the two of them.

And she knows what a third party means of.

Since Taemin and Jinri are two sides of coin that you can flip but can’t separate. Not even when the management paired Taemin with Krystal on a reality show or made Jinri coupling with Minho on a series.

Taemin and Jinri are stubbornly stuck together.

And all Krystal can do is only feeling envious with them.

So she becomes the cold maknae.

After all, she cannot show them how vulnerable and sad she is actually, can she?

However, no matter hard she tries, she always be the youngest of them all. So sometimes, the stress gets into her too.

And that was the state when Kai and Sehun found her in one hectic show day.

The two newest maknaes were shoving each other playfully when they heard a soft sniffing sound from one of the supposed abandoned dressing room.

They both looked at each other in surprise, and then Sehun dragged Kai around to find the source of the sound. The dancing machine was not really amused with the idea because he was not really eager to interfere on somebody’s matter, but his dongsaeng insisted to see since someone might need a help.

So they walked in silence to the room which door was opened wide.

And saw the silently crying maknae of f(x) curled into the couch.

Sehun had never seen a more beautiful crying girl in his life, while Kai’s heart was down when he saw the girl that he secretly admired in such a desperate state.

Their gazes met and a silent agreement was passed between.

Kai pulled the girl softly up from her position and hugged her from behind while Sehun sat in front of her and wiped the tears away.

Krystal blinked and was struggled for a while as she was ashamed when she realized whose hands were handled her. But when the two boys soothing voices and touches lulled her into peacefulness, she surrendered to the warmth they provided her.

That night, a silent pack was created. A beautiful triangle was developed.

When there is no end or beginning, as the three of them are only one when they are together.

Since then, people could see that Krystal is more like a young girl she should always be. Throwing secret glances with boy, or in her case two boys, during encores and events.

And while Kai and Sehun are still doing the best that they can, losing themselves in a world of their own, they look for Krystal here and there to send signal to her that they are not forgetting her and would always be there for her.

Then many times, their label mates would witness a moment when Krystal lays her head on Sehun’s shoulder while Kai is sitting in the foot of the couch with head on her lap and hand is clasped with the other boy’s.

Sometimes, Kyuhyun would nudge at Changmin who then shove him and together they go to find and tell Seohyun about that scene.

After all, maknaes are always stuck together.