Requested by anon
The show was going to start in less than 2 hours and the person you were supposed to sing a duet with still hadn’t showed up. You were sitting in the Star King waiting room, hoping someone would pass by so you would ask them which song you had to sing and who did you have to sing it with. You hated being a last minute replacement. The person you replaced had to be hospitalized due to injury and so the company was filling you in since you didn’t have any other schedules that day.
“Hey, can you come here please?” you asked a stage assistant as he passed by.
“Who am I singing with today?”
“They didn’t tell you?” he asked, looking surprised.
“No, I got the call two hours ago. They wanted me to be here early so I could practice.”
“Oh, well it’s Yonghwa,” he said and hurriedly left.
“Wait,” you called him back but he had already left. You still didn’t know the name of the song. You went through your purse to find your phone and began searching all of Yonghwa’s songs. His voice was beautiful. You were lost in the music when somebody snapped their fingers a few inches from your face.
“Hey,” he said smiling at you.
“Hi,” you chuckled as you got up to shake his hand.
“Sorry, for being late. My last schedule ran a little longer than it should have.”
“Guys we go on air in 20 minutes,” the assistant poked his head in the room and said.
“Yeah, we’ll be ready!” Yonghwa replied.
“So which song are we singing?” you asked.
“For first time lovers” he said and winked at you.
“Oh, I was just listening to that,” you said, quickly realizing you shouldn’t have said that.
He gave you a side smile. “So we don’t have to worry about practicing?” he asked without looking for an answer. “Come on let’s go!”
“No, but I still need time to rehearse. I’ve never sung a duet before.”
He held your wrist, pulling you out of the room. “Trust me, you’ll be fine.”
You had done many performances but this one was making you nervous. It was going to be a live performance. So many people were going to watch you and if you messed up, it’d be an embarrassment not only for you but for your group too.
The music began. Yonghwa pointed towards the lyrics in front of you and smiled.
‘maencheoeum neoreul bodeon nal
sujupgiman hadeon neoui malgeun misodo
oneuri jinamyeon gakkawo jilgeoya
maeil seolleneun gidaereul hae
museun mareul geonne bolkka
eotteoke hamyeon nega useojulkka
soneul geonneboda eosaekhaejilkkabwa
meotjjeogeun useumman useobwa
You were doing well. His encouraging looks were making you more confident.
uri seoro banmalhaneun saiga doegireul
ajik jogeum seotureugo eosaekhandedo
gomawoyo raneun maltu daesin
jom deo chinhage mareul haejullae’
Yonghwa finished with the last note. Everybody was clapping in the studio. Some even got up and started whistling. You clapped with them. You were happy, you just needed to believe in yourself. The stage assistant took you and Yonghwa to the back stage room after people stopped taking pictures of you guys.
“You did really good. Your voice is beautiful,” he said.
“Gomawo,” you said. You had no idea that you had been blushing a little bit. You looked up and Yonghwa was still looking at you.
You looked at him with questioning eyes.
“I’ve seen you somewhere before,” he said after thinking for a while. “I just can’t remember.”
You were surprised he didn’t know about you. You were a star just like him. I guess stars didn’t look at other star’s performances. You were a little disappointed.
“Oh wait. I know, it was at your debut a year ago. You were the girl sitting in the corner of the waiting, shaking .”
“And you looked at me through the door and gave me a thumbs up,” you finished for him.
“Yes, yes!” he said softly.
You smiled back at him. Well at least he remembered this much. Yonghwa turned around to leave. He was at the door when he turned around again.
“Hey, listen,” he paused for a while; “if you’re not busy later today, we could go out for lunch?” he asked trying hard to sound casual.
Your heart was beating faster now. You smiled and looked down and then looked up again, “ Yeah sure.” You replied.
“Great! So I’ll see you in a bit?” he asked.
“Ye,” you replied.
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Anon, I didn’t know if you wanted them to go to lunch or him just asking you! If you want me to add the ‘going to lunch part to it’ I can do that too, later!
I hope you like it :)