DAY 00

It was supposedly a lazy day for Seventeen today.

A break from the usual routine they’ve had ever since their big debut (and even from their training period) – all those photoshoots, performances, practices, lessons, recordings, guesting and interviews. It has been 2 and a half months since their big break last May, and it still felt surreal for Seventeen. They were already used to performing for audiences brought by their long years of training, but it was different now. Different in the way that they’ve been officially recognized and introduced to the whole world. And the fact that they were now somehow in the same level with the people they have been looking up to, their sunbae-nims. They were now one step closer to their dreams. And they promised to keep bringing more and more love and happiness to their fans and to those who’ve always watched over them.

However, being ‘self-producing’ idols wasn’t easy.

The Seventeen members were all in-charge of… actually everything. From the composition and production of their original tracks down to their choreography, they are largely self-involved throughout the process. Seventeen is composed of 3 units: The Hip Hop team, the Vocal team and the Performance team – headed by the leader of Seventeen, Choi Seungcheol (S. Coups), Lee Jihoon (Woozi), and Kwon Soonyoung (Hoshi) respectively. Each of the members has their own strength and talent that contributes in the creation of their masterpiece. There is no denying that it was difficult but they manage to have fun and enjoy what they’re doing. Why? Because they love what they’re doing.

Now that promotions for ‘Adore U’ were officially over, they have finally been given the week-off they have deserved after all the hard work they’ve been through. But knowing them, they’d still find a way on how to be productive and not waste any precious time that could be spent on improving and being better. Moreover, they were already currently working on their next comeback.

Their morning went like this.

It was an ordinary August day. And Seventeen could definitely feel the summer heat creeping into their dorm as they lay lifelessly piled up in the living room where everything seemed to be much cooler than… everywhere.

As said previously, there wasn’t any schedule to follow for today so they were free to relax and even oversleep if they wanted. Plus, it was summer vacation for the members who still goes to school so there was no need to wake up early.

Still, an alarm from somewhere underneath those avalanche of bodies was heard, disrupting the peaceful morning they were having.

Ayo ayo!
Seventeen Yob! You know what?
These days, I have a lot of thoughts.
These days, I have so much to tell you.

Obviously, it was in the tune of their song ‘Adore U.’ No one was moving, even an inch.

I feel weird, I’m not talking as much.
My friends are all worried.
My heart races only when I’m in front of you,
So I’m sorry about my clumsy actions.

As soon as Seungkwan and Seokmin’s voices was heard, the two of the most powerful vocals in the group, some members began to stir from their sleep. Seungkwan, and Jeonghan were the only two who seemed to be awaken by the noise. Seungkwan clumsily put his arm under his body for support as he tapped someone in his vicinity, clearly knowing who the owner of the ringing phone is.

“Mingyu…yah, Mingyu…” but the said boy was still deep in his sleep.

This time he taps and shakes Mingyu harder and lets out an irritated groan, finally waking him up. Mingyu, who still hasn’t recovered from his slumber, reached out for his phone that was stuck under him and taps the off button repeatedly but instead, unknowingly hits the snooze button. Meanwhile, Jeonghan didn’t pay attention to the commotion and just immediately went back to sleep. And after a while, so did Seungkwan and Mingyu.

As soon as the silence returned, it wasn’t long before another alarm went off – this time it was ringing like the usual alarm clock. By this time, Seungkwan was restless and a bit annoyed, and he couldn’t go back to sleep anymore. He groggily sat up and tried to find the source of the noise. A lot of the members had the same ring tone so he couldn’t tell whose it was.

Then, as he was scavenging for the alarm, another ring tone went off yet again – and for the second time, it was Mingyu’s. Now, there were two. Both clashing at its own mismatched melody. Seungkwan thought-slash-swore that if he heard another freaking alarm go off, he’d go crazy.

Instead of hunting for the other alarm, he went back to Mingyu’s and finally turned it off once and for all. At this point, Joshua, Seokmin, Jihoon, Hansol, and Jun were all stirring up from their sleep. But like Jeonghan, Jihoon and Hansol carried on with their slumber after covering their faces with their individual blankets as if being able to mute any sound and separating themselves from the world. Jun and Joshua were now upright, with Jun staring blankly into space and Joshua half-awake half-asleep having his eyes still shut. Meanwhile, Seokmin, with his still tired eyes, was helping Seungkwan locate the other alarm.

After minutes of irritated grunts (of course, most of it came from Seungkwan) and unfolded bedsheets, Seokmin finally found the alarm and playfully nudged and shook the person beside it.

“Chan-ah, wake up~” but Chan still didn’t like to wake up yet (even though he already is).

Jeonghan was already up by this time, checking his phone while fixing his undeniable beautiful long mane. Meanwhile, Joshua was leaning at Jeonghan’s propped up knees and was quietly processing everything that was happening. Jun was already up and inside the bathroom fixing himself for the morning, after waking up his fellow Chinese line, Minghao. Wonwoo has also woken up at the sound of the still ringing alarm. Seungkwan immediately headed over to Chan and Seokmin who was still trying to wake up the stubborn kid.

“Aishh… Chan, at least turn off your alarm,” Seungkwan pleadingly said as he reached for the phone and turned it off, “Why’d you even set an alarm? It’s summer!”

All of a sudden, all struggling stopped and Chan faced the two with a vacant look. Seokmin and Seungkwan questioningly watched the boy.

“Ah… I forgot,” Chan replied innocently.

This got him playfully beaten up by the two. It was no use now. Chan was already up. Minghao headed to the kitchen where Jun was now preparing breakfast, followed by Jeonghan. Joshua was back sitting at his sleeping place, the couch, accompanied by Wonwoo who was still shaking off his drowsiness, yawning here and there. Meanwhile, Seungkwan and Seokmin decided to help out the other members prepare their food.

They had gotten a loaf of bread with jam or butter (your choice) and put some Chinese take-outs in bowls and plates, and were setting it all out on the floor. Jeonghan told the other members to wake up those who were still sleeping and tell them that breakfast’s almost ready. Seungkwan and Seokmin headed back to the living room while Minghao and Jun decided to stay back and help out Jeonghan with the dishes.

“Hey guys, go wake up the others.” Seokmin told everyone who was conscious as soon as they got to them.

Wonwoo got out of the couch and went to where Mingyu was still sleeping. He tapped the guy repeatedly until Mingyu had already snapped out of his slumber. Chan stood up and inconspicuously made his way to the center. He held up both of his hands parallel to his face and all of a sudden, he yelled “Wake up! ~” It was loud enough to wake up all the other members – everyone but the sleepyhead Jihoon. Little did they know, Jihoon was already awake since Mingyu’s alarm. He just wants to bury himself in sleep and not wake up yet. Chan and Seokmin made their way to Soonyoung who had his arms up in the air as if saying to pull him up, so they did. On Seungkwan’s side, him and Joshua were busy meddling and annoying Hansol, calling him “Vernon-ie ~” and pulling his blanket off of him. As soon as they were done getting Soonyoung up, Seokmin made his way to their leader and carefully shook him.

“Hyung ~ It’s time to wake up ~ Breakfast’s ready ~” saying it so cutely and lovingly because Seokmin was scared that he might annoy Seungcheol if he aggressively woke him up. The others couldn’t help but laugh at his cutesy actions. At least his efforts paid off, Seungcheol was finally conscious and sat up while clasping the blanket close to his body (and thankfully didn’t put him in a headlock).

The last person they needed to wake up now was no other than the Jihoon.

And no one dared to disturb him from his slumber. Besides knowing that they would suffer from his wrath afterwards, they also knew very well that all efforts were useless. Well, except for the irresistible Boo Seungkwan.

“And there he goes, everybody.” Soonyoung said in his best MC voice, though the sleepiness was still apparent in his tone.

“Good morning everyone! This is DJ Boo –”

“Argh, go away.” Jihoon had cut Seungkwan before he was even finished, earning giggles from the members.

But, Seungkwan just dismissed it as he continued, “For our first song of the day, a song that will wake you up immediately –”

“So noisy –”

“Son Dam Bi’s ‘Queen’” The moment Seungkwan introduced the song the members already knew what was going to happen.

Oh ladies, this is your story.
Listen well and find yourself, hey listen!

More laughter and clapping. Seungkwan fabulously hit all the notes even if it was still too early in the morning. This just made Jihoon clutch the covers over to his body and wrapped it more around him, as he faced the opposite direction of where Seungkwan was. ‘Giving up’ wasn’t in both of their dictionaries.

Seungkwan had matching energetic moves to his superb singing. When it was time for the chorus, he sat down by the bed (yes, this is still in the living room) where Jihoon was lying down and annoyed the heck out of him, poking, shaking him and pulling on his covers.

Now wake up, wake up, wake up, wake, wake up,
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake, wake up.
Just wake up, wake up, wake up, wake, wake up,
Everyone wants it until you decide, chic-a-ta!

“Aishh…” Jihoon silently muttered to himself, as he was still pulling on the other end of his blanket.

Everyone thought it wasn’t going to end but then, Jun came and interrupted saying that breakfast’s ready. Everyone then got up to their feet and gathered to where the food was. At the mention of food, Seungkwan all of a sudden bid his prey goodbye.

“Okay, then. I’m gonna go. The morning DJ, DJ Boo is out!”

With that, Jihoon was left in a mess, his strawberry hair sticking up in different directions and the blanket chaotically draped all over his body. It took a few minutes for him to compose himself and finally get up. Scratching the back of his head and then fixing his fringe afterwards like always, Jihoon followed the members to the kitchen. Finally, everyone was awake.

They had a very hearty breakfast, and all of them were now energized. Wonwoo was even on a roll with his puns. But as usual, the members were heartlessly not laughing on purpose, except for Wonwoo’s #1 fan, Soonyoung. After eating and cleaning up, it was the maknae’s turn to do his job… which was to take out the trash. Mingyu handed Chan the plastic bag of trash and headed downstairs, accompanied by Minghao. It was time to fix themselves before they headed out to their practice room in Pledis Entertainment’s studio. They took turns with the two bathrooms they have, with 3-4 persons per turn, like they usually do. While waiting for their turns, the members went on minding their own businesses – playing games like the Frying Pan game, Zero and Di Bi Di Bi Dip, dancing, singing and horsing (hello Seokmin) around, while some were just on their phones.

-0O0-

As soon as they arrived at their practice room, everyone went to their individual tasks. Soonyoung, Chan, Minghao and Jun (the Performance team) were busy deciding and making new steps for their comeback. Besides dancing around, they also watched a lot of videos from the internet, trying to get some inspiration. Seungkwan, Jeonghan, Seokmin and Joshua (the Vocal team) were singing and harmonizing to different songs. They were even trying to do an acoustic version of ‘Adore U,’ rearranging songs and making covers of it. In the meantime, Jihoon, who was also part of the Vocal Team, was in his special room where he makes the music. He was trying to finalize the melody of their new song, which he has been working on for a while now. Together with him inside the room, Seungcheol, Hansol, Mingyu and Wonwoo (the Hip Hop team) were listening to the draft of the melody they currently have, so that they could get the gist of what it’s going to be like. After their listening session, they left Jihoon alone to get back to his work, and proceeded to sit on one corner of the room and think of their individual rap lyrics. Their day continued just like this, also having breaks from time to time where they just basically goof off with each other and hungrily devour food.

By late afternoon, since they still haven’t finished the song, some of the members already decided to go home. The rest contemplated on making do with what they have.

“Jihoon-ie…?” Jeonghan called out in his ever so sweet angelic voice as he gently knocked on the door of the rising producer’s room.

But, no one answered on the other side.

He figured that Jihoon might be busy and very engrossed with his work at the moment, so he just proceeded to enter the premises. True enough, Jihoon sat there with his earphones on and his back facing Jeonghan. Jeonghan tried once more.

“Jihoon-ie, we’ll go ahead, okay?” Jeonghan saw him pause for a moment, hoping he heard him this time.

“Hmm.” Jihoon quietly replied amidst what he was doing, not batting a single eyelash nor a single miss in his movements.

Jeonghan knew that everything he was saying was flying past Jihoon’s ears. He was always like this during his ‘P.W. mode.’ (P.W. = Producer Woozi) It’s like he has shut out everything and the world, and only saw the thing he’s focusing on right now. This sparked a playful idea in the angel’s mind.

“We’re gonna go now, okay?”

“Yeah.”

“I’m closing the door –”

“Okay.”

“We’re gonna stop by that barbecue stall on the way home –”

“Oh.”

“Also, probably eat pizza and jjajangmyun (black bean noodles) mixed with spicy ramyun noodles –” Jeonghan said, even though knowing how odd the combination of pizza and noodles is. He knew the latter was the vocal team leader’s favorite.

“Hmm.” But, Jihoon didn’t budge.

“We’re gonna go to the arcade –” He tried again, one last time.

“Un.” And failed.

Jeonghan, no, actually… all the members knew how much effort and heart Jihoon puts in making their songs that shows and expresses what they feel. He tends to overwork himself and it stresses him out more often than not. Moreover, when he thinks of how the people would receive their songs and the ‘what if’s joined by it. That’s why they’re really worried about Jihoon, and has decided to call him out at times when he needs to be reminded to rest.

“Aishh, Jihoon-ah… just don’t stay up too late or else,” Jeonghan reminded before he closed the door of the Producer’s room, “we’ll lock you out of the dorm this time.”

“Yeah… wait, what –” This time it got his attention, but it was too late. The door closed, and Jihoon couldn’t complain anymore.

Before Jeonghan and the others could head out, a familiar voice called out, stopping Jeonghan in his tracks.

“Ah, Jeonghan!”

“Oh, Seungcheol!” Jeonghan turned to see the leader jogging towards him, “We’re about to leave already.”

“Ah, okay okay. We’ll take care of everything here,” Seungcheol briefly glanced at the door beside them and gave Jeonghan a reassuring look as if reading his mind, "don’t worry about Jihoon-ie. I’ll make sure he goes out of the room and doesn’t grow mushrooms on his head.” He said, with his trademark gummy smile.

“Mushrooms.” The two laughed as they imagined Jihoon in that state. They actually wouldn’t mind letting him be in that situation. How adorable and cute. But then, they remembered the wrath they’d experience if Jihoon finds out about it. Yikes. Suddenly, Mingyu pops out of nowhere from Jeonghan’s side, looking as if he just finished packing up.

“Ah, hyung! What do you want for dinner?” Since he was in-charge with food prep, he asked Seungcheol before they headed out. But before Seungcheol could even reply, a chorus of shouts were heard from the opposite side of the room.

“Chicken! CHICKEEEEN!!” Those voices seemed to belong to the BooSeokSoon trio. As soon as they heard the magic word, all the other members also joined in the fun.

“Then, chicken it is!” Seungcheol replied with a chuckle.

“Fried or seasoned?”

“Hmm, why not half of both?” Seungcheol suggested. The others nodded in agreement.

“Ah~ I think I could smell it already! ~” Wonwoo commented with his nose up in the air.

Everyone bursts into laughter and playful mockery. After everyone has settled, one of the two groups already headed back home while the others who were left in the studio went to their respective tasks to be done.

-0O0-

All the others were now preoccupied with their personal stuff. Mingyu was out buying their dinner together with Jeonghan, and Seokmin before heading home while the others were all scattered in their dorm. The sun was starting to set. Their place was basked in orange-hued rays of light mixed with a pinkish glow. If anyone could capture this moment, everything looked so calm and peaceful. However, a certain someone couldn’t seem to stay put.

“Aishh… this guy…!” Soonyoung muttered to himself, as he stood up from the couch he’s been on for hours. He couldn’t take it anymore. There were only two persons who could last this long in the bathroom.

“Yah! Jun! You’ve been there for almost an hour! Come out already!” He half-yelled as he pounded on their bathroom door. If he’d wait any longer, he was afraid his bladder wouldn’t be able to take it anymore. He tried twisting the door knob open but it was locked.

“Jun! Yah!”

The sound of Soonyoung’s voice echoed all throughout the dorm. Because of the racket Soonyoung was making, the other members couldn’t help but find out what was going on.

“Soonyoung hyung…? Who’re you talking to?” Chan oddly asked as he came out of one of the rooms.

“This Jun, aishh… he hasn’t come out –”

“Jun hyung? He’s there in the room though.” Chan simply replied.

This made Soonyoung’s eyebrows perk up in confusion. He looked at the direction Chan was pointing and true enough, he saw Jun sprawled out on one of the lower bunk beds with his phone in hand. This meant that there was only one person left to deal with.

“YAH HYUNG! JOSH!” This time Soonyoung knocked on the door twice as fast as he could, hoping to annoy his hyung in getting out of the bathroom. He even created different kinds of beat. Chan was still looking at Soonyoung like he was a madman.

“Uh, hyung is at the other bathroom…” Chan slowly said, trying to articulate every word so that Soonyoung could process it.

“What? But –” 'That didn’t make any sense. The other bathroom’s toilet was supposed to be broken…right? Or not? Plus, this bathroom was locked so somebody has to be in there so who –?' is what Soonyoung thought. But before he could even ask Chan all the questions that ran through his mind, someone broke the silence between the two.

“Excuse me, but I think you got the wrong –” The two of them immediately turned their heads to the source, and saw a head peeking through the now opened crack of the bathroom door.

“WAAHHHHH!”

“AAAAHHHHH!”

More screams enveloped the dorm – both from them and the unknown being that lies inside their bathroom. The door quickly shuts itself close, hitting hard on its frames. They both scrambled away from the door as fast as they could. Both of them couldn’t believe what they saw, and their narrow eyes that were once small were now as large as it could get, attempting to pop out of its sockets.

“What the heck!?! You saw that, right? Right?!” Soonyoung insisted, almost to the point of swearing. He was trying to confirm what he just saw, pointing to the door and failing to hide his panic, confusion and horror. Soonyoung could only hope it wasn’t what he thought it was. Chan could only nod fast at the poor guy, currently at a loss for words. Since the noise wasn’t lessening at all, someone came out again from one of the rooms and appeared at the hallway.

“Aishh, guys… can you both keep it down?” An annoyed Seungkwan pleadingly told them. But before he could retreat back to their room, Chan called out to him, stuttering.

“B-but there’s…!”

“Omo, what’s happening here?” Looking at the faces of Soonyoung and Chan, Seungkwan started to become suspicious. He was clueless to what was happening, but he feels that there was something up.

“N-no… H-hyung…! T-there’s… you have to see this…!” Chan said, with the tone of his voice getting higher bit by bit and pointing at the bathroom door. 'A woman with her hair covering and sticking to her face,' he could recall but why was he even recalling its ghastly face in the first place?

“Huh? What??” Seungkwan’s tension was rising as fast as the suspense was. He felt like if there was something or someone that’s going to surprise him now, his heart wouldn’t be able to take it.

As if the cosmos was playing tricks on him, all of a sudden, a clamor is heard inside the room where the unknown being lies. It sounded like a mountain of things falling to the ground. They could also hear the person shuffling inside.

“AHH!” Seungkwan quickly collected himself after being shocked by the sudden noise, clutching his shirt by his chest.

“What the heck…?!” He turned to the two guys beside him, expecting for an answer, but he could only get worried and apprehensive glances focused on the door. He knew nothing would happen and they wouldn’t be able to resolve anything if this continues on.

Seungkwan slowly approaches the door and hesitantly touches the knob to open it. As soon as he was able to get a grip, he quickly flinches the door open, and a bunch of things came flying towards them.

“Whoa!”

A pencil case, scotch tape, cap, ruler, a roll of tissue, some stuff toys, a slipper, a rim of yellow pad paper, etc. The three boys were able to evade all of it with ease, even if they don’t know what’s happening anymore. Once the commotion ended, they could see a retreating figure in the shadows. All the other members who were in the dorm – Jun, Minghao, and Joshua – were all alerted by the ruckus.

“What’s happening here?” Joshua asked, confusion clearly apparent in his voice.

Jun and Minghao looked around and inspected what was going on. Soonyoung, Chan and Seungkwan’s faces seemed to be all drained out of blood. There was a huge mess scattered on the floor, things that they couldn't even recognize were theirs.

“You okay, Chan?” Jun asked as he helped Chan get to his feet. Chan could only nod quietly, even though he couldn’t really process anything at the moment.

What they weren’t aware was that Minghao was already inside the bathroom examining the place, followed by Joshua. Never did they imagine something like this ever happening to them.

“Guys, look,” was all Minghao could say, not knowing how to explain anything that’s currently right in front of them. Everyone followed inside, and didn’t know how to react to it at all.

For some sort of unexplainable reason, or illusion trickery, what once was their ship-shape bathroom was now a room that fit a small kitchen and a desk on the sides, complete with a bed and a couch on the farther end. It also has another door that lead to some room, which they guessed was a bathroom since that was the only thing missing in the whole set. It seemed like someone’s flat now. However, it was in a chaotic state. The things by the desk were the most scattered – the pens, pencils and other school supplies were all over the desk and floor. Books have fallen from its shelf and a notebook was left opened. Soonyoung was about to reach out for the notebook to find some clues about their current situation when Seungkwan swatted his hand and told him to be careful. There was even some unfinished ramen by the table, and judging by its temperature, 'it still seems fresh,' Minghao thought. All the others were examining the different parts of the room.

“Is it raining?” Minghao suddenly asked as he came to a stop in front of the bed by the lone window. It was pouring down hard that you couldn’t even see anything from outside.

Chan left the room and quickly returned to check their dorm, but he came back with a more confusing answer.

“It isn’t at all. Look, the sun’s setting.” The others huddled outside to see their dorm slowly being covered in dark amber light. Meanwhile, Joshua who stayed behind found something that might be helpful to understand their situation. A cellphone. Someone’s cellphone. Maybe, the owner could help them answer their questions. 

Author's Note:

Hey guys! It's Sammer ₊·*◟(˶╹̆ꇴ╹̆˵)◜‧*･ 
Not Winter. Not Spring. Not Autumn. 
SAMMER! *✲ﾟ*｡✧

And I'm back with my second chapter! It's a miracle! REALLY!! I didn't think I'd be able to finish it this soon Σ(♡＠﹏ ＠☆)ﾉ”
(sometimes it takes months and years shhh) BUT I DID IT SO YAAAAY (•́⌄•́๑)૭✧
It's another long chapter, but I hope you didn't get bored with it. (￣▽￣)ノ (update: EDITED)
So, how was the chapter? (⁎⚈᷀᷁▿⚈᷀᷁⁎)
By the way, this story is set between the after Adore U Era and before the Mansae Era even starts.
Was I able to describe accurately how the Seventeen members act? (That's really my main concern, at the moment ^^") And what do you think would happen next? (￣ω￣)
Also, was I able to create enough screen time for all of the members? I just realized that it's really hard writing with a lot of characters HAHAHAHA So, tell me if you want more screen time for one of the Seventeen members, and I'll try to do your request. (❁´▽`❁)*✲ﾟ*

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Featured song/s in this chapter:
> Adore U - Seventeen
> Queen - Son Dam Bi

If you haven't listened to Son Dam Bi's Queen, I recommend you to check it out, guys! It would really wake you up with its energetic and catchy melody! *✲ﾟ*｡✧٩(･ิᴗ･ิ๑)۶*✲ﾟ*｡✧