Empathy

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Yeonwoo is approached by an idol trainee, who asks her if she could listen to her sing. Yeonwoo would've said no, if not for the tears in her eyes.

Foreword

The intercom sounds and announces the next train station. The train slows, jerking once more before completely stopping. Yeonwoo recognizes this train station as her stop and she squeezes past clothed bodies to exit the train. Once she steps on to the platform, she huffs a sigh, relieved that she is finally one step closer to her apartment. She can feel the sleep making its claim on her, lethargy already spreading through out her body.

Fishing out her transport card, she hurries towards the gantry, wanting to get home as soon as possible. Just before she leaves the train station, she passes by a young busker. Yeonwoo barely catches the sign placed beside the busker. I am an idol trainee. I dream to debut and perform on stage. Please listen to my voice.

The busker is a young and pretty thing, Yeonwoo notes. The girl has a voice that reminds Yeonwoo of Disney princesses who sashay in extravagant gowns and wear diamond crowns. It is not difficult to imagine the busker on stage, performing as an idol. But it is also not difficult to walk on without batting an eyelash at the girl. After all, this girl is not her business. She has other pressing issues to attend to.

So Yeonwoo doesn’t stop, walks past the girl entirely, heels clicking as she joins the rest of the people leaving the train station. Gradually, the girl’s voice fades as Yeonwoo gets further and further away.

Soon, the girl’s voice is drowned out by the noise of the crowd—and the girl’s brief existence withers and wanes away, almost like she never existed.

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A/N: This fic was inspired by Dingo's What if an idol trainee asks you to listen to her sing? and Yeonwoo's (terribly hot) tugging and readjusting of her tie in Bboom Bboom. Can Yeonwoo please stop pulling the hem of her shirt and killing me with her solo bridge part in Bboom Bboom? I should be writing my sunmi x chungha fic but I blame it on this video of Yeonwoo appearing in my twitter feed and charming me with her cuteness. There are only just about 10 Yeonwoo fics in this universe and I have deemed it my duty and obligation to add one more to this meagre number.

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samuraipizzacat #1 Aug 10, 2018 10:38:08

Chapter 1: I actually already read your story over at AO3, and I was enamored by your storytelling on top of feeling so grateful to have read it. There aren’t a lot of Momoland fanfics over there, so I was really lucky to have come across your lovely fic...which was a Yeonwoo/Nancy one at that <3

I registered over at asianfanfics, just because there are more fics for Momoland over here (especially for Nancy and Yeonwoo). And re-reading it now just gives me a whole new appreciation for your story.

You have such a way with words that envisioning Yeonwoo’s emptiness, longing, disappointment, pain and loss became so clear to me, that I could actually feel it. How you were able to have Nancy and Yeonwoo find solace in each other, aleviating each other’s loneliness, and somehow finding pieces of themselves which they have lost somewhere down the road in each other will always be hauntingly beautiful to me. Every single feeling was so palpable in your story that it was almost as if it all actually happened in real life.

All in all, I just really want to express how much the quality of your writing is just on an entirely different level from everything else I’ve read so far, and I do hope to see more Yeoncy/Nanwoo stories from you in the future. Thank you so much for writing this wonderful story! We’re all still looking forward to (and patiently waiting for) your epilogue ;)

Random_Kpop_Lover #2 Jun 23, 2018 02:42:00

Chapter 1: great job. I hope the epilogue will come soon. good luck

Crazyhappiness #3 Jun 12, 2018 05:43:35

Chapter 1: What kind of a writer are you? I am all goosebumbs now! Everytime i read a a couple of lines, i i look up from my phone. The words just touch my heart. And i cried several times.

I cant wait for the epilogue!

Much respect from me. :)