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as the car approached the venue, he could already hear fans shouting, letting it known he was there. people were taking out their phones and fansites were setting up their cameras. this was an everyday thing for mingyu now.
shortly after debut, to his surprise, he quickly gained popularity in the music scene because of his versatile style. being able to sing sweet songs with his unique raspy voice, gaining the hearts of everyone, to rapping fast lyrical verses, which even the best rappers acknowledged. it was definitely a plus that alongside all his talent, he was extremely humble, and also extremely handsome, with a height to compliment all his features.
it took him a while to get used to the flashing cameras wherever he was. fans devoting their time to document him wherever he went. he was extremely grateful for them doing that. although all his fans held a special place in his heart, there was something about one particular fansite that caught his attention.
he wasn't sure if it was a man or a women since they always wore a facemask covering most of their face, they also always had some type of headwear. beanies, caps, bucket hats. although their hair was short he couldn't dismiss the possibility of it being a female fan.
the thing that caught mingyu's attention where their sharp, cat like eyes. that was the only feature mingyu could made out of this person. they seemed to bore into him, stirring up his curiosity.
he couldn't necessarily go up to them and ask, "who are you?" no matter how much he wanted to.
they always had a cool calm demeanor. never changing no matter how the fellow fansites around them acted. their camera just pointed to mingyu, trying to get the best shots.
mingyu quickly scanned the audience around the car, looking for that particular one, trying to spot the eyes that caught his attention. after a few seconds of searching he found them cooly leaning against a pillar, face mask on as usual, with a blue beanie on, and to his surprise- a pair of circular rimmed glasses.
"seungkwan-ah, look ! don't they look cute?" he playfully slapped his managers arm as he looked out the window, admiring how they looked with their glasses on.
"ya kim mingyu, get ready we're about to get off." mingyu huffed in mock annoyance as he was ignored.
as the car finally came to a halt seungkwan stepped out before him, trying to get past the fansites who were huddling around the car, and come to his side. seungkwan signaled for the fansites to make a little path for him, which they obliged right away.
opening the door, he stepped out, enjoying finally being able to stretch his long limbs. taking in the sound of his fans calling him oppa and saying how handsome he slightly bowed as he made his way through them.
looking up, he cautiously scanned the crowd, trying to find that fansite again. to his satisfaction he had to pass by them to get into the venue. he approached walking cooly waving to everyone and he took the chance to look directly at their camera when he was face to face with it and smiled, and to his greater satisfaction, they snapped the picture. right away they brought the camera down and they made eye contact. something seemed to run though mingyu at that moment as he looked into the sharp eyes. a glint of something played on them too.
as if time stopped, they continue looking into eachothers eyes. they look cute with glasses, woah. he thought to himself.
seungkwan behind him had to push mingyu past the entrance and at instinct, he turned around to see if his fansite was still looking at him, but he could already seeing them walking away. a strange feeling running through him. what is this?
"kim mingyu, whatever it is you’re doing, don't make it to obvious. please." seungkwan next to him patted his back as he led me to his waiting room.
"i need to know who they are boo. is there any way you could help me? or find out the name of fansite? this has been driving me crazy since i first saw them." he whisper shouted as he ducked down to meet seungkwan's ear, making sure no one could hear him.
"i'll see what i could do. c'mon, we gotta get you ready." he was led into the already noisy dressing room and rushed through changing and getting his hair done. he's managed to get used to how fast everything had to be done a few weeks into his debut.
as he settled into the makeup chair he finally took a moment to breath as nuna worked on his makeup. he closed his eyes and the first thing that came to mind were the eyes of the unknown person he couldn't stop thinking about. was it so wrong to want to get to know them? who was behind that mask?
a quick pep talk with his back up dancers later, it was time to do the practice run of his stage. nametag on, he got the clear and walked up into the stage, being greeted by several fans yelling his name. he loved the feeling of being loved by so many, and he loved them too.
"hello, i'm mingyu and please take care of me!" he cutely shouted and bowed down to his fans and the staff.
"1,2,3.. go!" the producer shouted after a few moments
his backup dancers met him on stage and they ran through the performance. adrenaline pumping through mingyu's veins as he did the tough choreo while singing.
in what felt like a second, the practice run was over and everything turned out well. the dancers bowed and walked off.
"thank you for sticking around! i'll be back soon!" he shouted out to his fans who were waving cute little purple lightsticks.
as if subconsciously, he quickly looked over the crowd looking for those eyes. bingo, there they were, looking back at him. he was 100% sure it was them. he smiled directly at them and then looked around the crowd waving as he walked off the stage.
"good job kim mingyu! you got lucky with such skilled dancers too!" a voice boomed as he walked into the room
"Soonyoung hyung!" he shouted as soon as he saw the owner of the voice. reaching out his arms he brought the slightly shorter man into a hug, who patted his back in congratulations.
"all thanks to your choreography hyung!" he pulled away still happy at seeing the man who is a big part of who he is now.
"ah you flatter me!" he playfully fanned his face.
"i have another 20 minutes till i have to get back for the live performance. lets catch up.
how have you been?" he gestured for them to sit on a couch in the corner of the room. he finally noticed seungkwan across the room, legs crossed, looking extremely concentrated on his phone.
"nothing much gyu, i've just been receiving praises left and right cause of you." he patted his thigh. "you're doing really well, but don't get too stressed out. you'll get the hang of it. everyone loves you already." he reassured, giving him a light squeeze.
mingyu rubbed the back of his neck shyly at the words. "i couldn't be where i am now if it wasn't for you, woozi hyung, seungkwan, my dancers, or the staff. i owe it all to you guys." he flashed his praise worthy smile.
"this is why we all love you gyu! always a nice guy. but you just reminded me i have a date with woozi later! oh my god." he got up and headed toward the door, mingyu following behind, chuckling.
"go get em, tiger!" mingyu whooped playfully.
"i always do!" he pulled mingyu into a quick hug and waved goodbye to the staff and shouted, "fighting!" as he walked out.
seungkwan across the room, called him over. "come here please, gyu."
he took his place next to his manger. laying his head on his shoulder. "what's up?"
"so i was going through twitter, looking up your tag. and boy do you have a lot of fansites." he showed his phone to mingyu, scrolling down the never ending photos. "they do a good job too, i saved a couple myself."
mingyu laughed, squeezing seungkwan's thigh which his hand was resting on. "it takes a lot to capture my devilishly good looks, i guess."
seungkwan pinched the hand that rested on his thigh, "so much for your humble image."
"hey!" mingyu protested, pouting cutely.
"kidding you big baby." he put mingyu's hand back where it previously was. "but i think i found what, or who, you were looking for." he mused, this caught mingyu's attention.
"you didn't!" as he was about to pull seungkwan into a hug he heard over the intercom
"Kim mingyu, please get ready. you're live in 2 minutes!" the staticy voice said.
"ugHhhh. okay please save the name, i'll be back! thanks a ton boo." he got up and planted a loud kiss on seungkwan's forehead, a smile forming on his lips as his fingers moved up to touch where the lips kissed.
dancers huddled around mingyu, "let's do this!" he pep talked them, earning enthusiastic shouts in response.
as they headed onto the stage, waiting for their que to start, he sneaked another opportunity to scan the crowd. he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding when he saw they were still in the crowd.
"and a 1.. 2.. 3.. Now!"
the music started and he did what he does best on stage. being fueled by the sound of his fans shouting his name.
it ended as quick as it started. "thank you so much for coming!" mingyu exclaimed in between pants, as he waved down at his fans. he saw the person cutely waving their purple lightstick, and it gave him butterflies.
as he walked back to his room he wasted no time on taking off his sweaty clothes. seungkwan was seated behind him and he didn't even notice. he will never get tired of the sight of those toned back muscles.
"their fansite name is 'ocicat0406'." this startled mingyu who didn't notice seungkwan was in the room.
"fuck boo, oh my god you almost killed me." he clutched at his chest as he turned to face the voice.
"oops?" he put on a cute pout and shrugged, not missing a moment to admire mingyu's still sweaty body. his thoughts were quickly going south.
"you're not doing a good job at not making it obvious that you're staring at me." mingyu pointed out as he put on a newly clean shirt.
"i wasn't trying to. gotta enjoy the sight any chance I get." he scrolled through his phone again as mingyu changed out of his pants, seungkwan tried his best not to look up.
"so their name is ocicat0406.. my birthday." he smiled at the realization. "but how are you sure thats them?" he found his place next to seungkwan, putting an arm around his shoulder to lean closer to the phone better.
"i think this was earlier, its a direct face shot of you smiling." seungkwan showed him the photo.
"that's definitely them! what was the caption?" curiosity could be felt in mingyu's belly.
" 'just for me?' " seungkwan said in a flirtatious tone.
"wow thats so not fair! i don't even know who they are and they want to tease me like that?!" he frustratedly groaned and lightly slapped his face.
"yea yea cheer up. this is definitely a step forward though. have you thought of a way to figure out who they are first?" mingyu shook his head, pouting, and rested his head on seungkwan's shoulder.
"well?" seungkwan put his phone down and draped a hand over mingyu, pulling him into a hug. mingyu took the chance and put all his weight on him, causing them to fall back onto the couch. not that either of them minded
"i don't know boo, but thank you. when i figured something out i’ll tell you.” he nuzzled his head into seungkwan's neck, who wrapped his arms around the boy on top of him, giving him a kiss on the exposed neck.
“you're welcome babe, but come on, you have a radio show in an hour.” he reminded him as he rubbed his back, knowing he was probably already tired.
mingyu placed a light kiss on seungkwan's neck again and pulled them back up into sitting position.
“mkay lets go.” he said in a groggy voice.
at instinct, seungkwan ran his fingers through mingyu's hair to relax him, not caring that it was still sweaty, causing him to flutter his eyes shut humming in contentment.
they got up hand in hand and grabbed the bags they brought with them. bowing to the staff in the next room before leaving.
they exited the building and were greeted by fansites again, not caring that they were still holding hands.
mingyu smiled and waved at his adoring fans saying thank you to as many as he could. seungkwan close behind. he felt a particularly cold stare and turned to meet it. to his surprise it was, who he learned, ocicat0406. a flash of confusion passed through him as they stared each other down.
ocicat pulled down their face mask to reveal themselves. it was a man. holy shit it was a man. mingyu was surprised to say the least. but he didn't have a moment for it all to register as it all happened amongst screaming fans.
seungkwan's grip on his hand tightened signaling that this was too much for him. finally arriving to the car. letting kwan in first, he took one last look toward ocicat who was already walking away. what was that all about? but holy shit it was a man?!