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yifan was really shocked when he finally came to the end of his contactlist; he knew he had a lot of contacts but not this much. "what-what the fuck?" he frowned at the unfamiliar number at the bottom of the list. he didn't recognize the numbers at all. it was obvious that it was a korean number but he had no idea who it could he; he just prayed it wasn't one of his former-members or any of his exes. little did he know it was both. he saved the number in his contacts as "???".
"well, here goes nothing." he clicked upon the texting icon and typed the first message.
[ you: hi so uhm, idk if i'm saved in ur contacts but who are you? ]
yifan sighed. he closed the app and opened the app store in search for some games to kill some time. his eyes widened when he heard the annoying sound come from his phone if someone texted him. he double tapped the home button and tapped on his conversation.
[ ???: new phone who dis ]
yifan snorted, he quickly began typing his reply.
[ you: we both don't know each other. so do we just delete each other's numbers and carry on with whatever we were doing? ]
the actor hoped he would disagree with him. yifan was rather bored and did want to have some sort of distraction.
[ ???: nah man im bored af. let's just see where this goes lmao ]
he grinned before his fingers were tapping faster than the speed of light.
[ you: sounds good to me. what's ur name tho? ]
yifan finally asked the question he was dying to ask. truth is, he was rather curious of the korean stranger.
[ ???: dude why the fuck would i give my name out to a stranger in china. anyways if ur that curious just call me minhyun. ]
yifan at least knew the stranger's gender now.
he changed the contact's name to "minhyun".
[ you: seems fair enough to me. in that case call me nicks. ]
wasn't that too obvious? naming himself after his character? yifan thought before shrugging. who cares anyways?
[ minhyun: lmao k. ]
ouch.
[ you: anyways. what do u do in korea? ]
he hoped to get more information out of the stranger.
at this point, he was really curious.
[ minhyun: oh. i'm in the music industry. well i'm in a group actually. we're probably not heard of in china. ]
could it be? "tch no, idiot." yifan disagreed with himself. exo was undeniably of the most famous groups, even the members knew that and yifan knew that they knew.
[ you: what's ur group called? ]
[ minhyun: nah man we're small. you probably can't find us on the internet. anyways what is this? 20 questions? but in all seriousness, bro i'm curious too. so whatcha doin in china? why ur korean so good? ]
yifan gulped. he didn't know how to respond to that. wait never mind, he did, actually.
[ you: lmao i'm a starting actor, make music in my free time. and yeah i used to live in korea actually. ]
well it wasn't a complete lie. he is an actor, but not any starting actor would have had a hollywood debut in no time. and he didn't make music in his free time. because of his music he almost has no free time. so, he didn't tell the truth but didn't lie either.
[ you: anyways, my turn. what u look like ??? ]
truth be told, yifan was rather eager to put a face to his name. just 'minhyun' wouldn't be enough.
[ minhyun: lmao like hell i'll ever give u a selca. but i will describe what i look like. i dye my hair sometimes but usually my hair is some shade between dark and light brown but not just "plain" brown. my eyes are kinda light-brownish when the sun is shining otherwise they're just dark brown. apparently, i kinda look like choi siwon. ]
good enough. yifan didn't want to share a selfie either so he understood 'minhyun'.
[ you: oh ok. i suppose ur question is gonna be abot what i look like so here u go; i dye my hair too, but at the moment my hair is a color between dark brown and black. and i shaved my hair off a while ago but it's at an alright length now. and apparently, i kinda look like a fuckboy ;) ]
yifan didn't regret what he did at the end. it's an obvious joke; he was sure 'minhyun' would get it.
[ minhyun: yeah i can see why they call you a fuckboy tch. but my question was if ur music was on soundcloud or anything. ]
oh.
[ you: nah man i make my music for me, myself and i. i don't really share my music. ]
now that was a lie; his music was on itunes and spotify after all.
[ minhyun: oh ok lol. whatcha doing tho? ]
'resting bc i just got back from an event to promote a movie that has dane dehaan and cara delevigne as the lead actors' he snorted.
[ you: nothing. just resting wbu? ]
[ minhyun: oh i'm with my friends. they're playing uno so shit will go down any moment which means i need to be ready to step in any moment. ]
yifan was about to type his response before the phone vibrated in his hand.
[ minhyun: fyi i'm the mom of the group smh these kids i stg ]
yifan laughed at that. he was reminded of a certain someone again. he shook his head and cursed himself for thinking of *him* again.
[ you: lmao that's pretty cute tho. but how old r u? in intl age? and what's the average age of ur group bc it sounds like y'all are 12 or something lmaoo ]
[ minhyun: oh lol. i'm 26. our average age is 24/23. but i'm pretty sure everyone around me is actually 12 smhsmh. ]
so they were the same age? interesting. the ex-member thought to himself.
[ you: what year u born in? also lol u sound like an ahjumma ]
[ minhyun: 1991. y? and shut up i do not sound like an ahjumma ]
[ you: aigoo, this kid. call me nicks-hyung. i was born in 1990. ;) ]
yifan would be lying if he said that he didn't miss the way his younger ex-members would call him "kris-hyung" or "yifan-hyung" or in some cases "kris-ge" or "yifan-ge".
[ minhyun: fuck off. ]
[ you: fuck off, ??? ]
he smirked.
[ minhyun: fuck off, hyung :) ]
ouch. rather a passive-agressive move, he would say himself.
[ you: atta boy. that wasn't so hard, now was it? ]
[ minhyun: wait lmao sorry man i gtg. these kids are a huge headache istg. one of them is gonna fucking pull the hair out of someone oh no. ttyl? bye! ]
yifan laughed but pouted at the sudden and rushed leave. he checked the time and almost choked on his spit as he read it. it was already three minutes past one AM. who the hell plays uno at this hour? he thought to himself before closing his phone and plugged the charger inside of the phone before snuggling up in the blanket and falling asleep. he thought of what happened.
he became friends with a stranger he probably used to know once and was lying about his identity. and enjoying it too.
after about 20 minutes the tall man fell asleep, dreaming about meeting the korean stranger.