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Summary:

Jaehyun: y’all seem to regret getting into relationships so Imma put it off for a few business years

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Or: Sometimes life intersects beautifully with those around you and other times it all goes to shit at once. But that's what friends are for. And the seven of them always find a way to get into trouble together. It's the 97 Liner brand after all.

Notes:

Hello! This is gonna be a chaptered fic! Idk how many chapters don't ask I have no real plan or direction for this fic there is just some shit that happened in 2021 that I felt like writing about so here it is. This will all be the 97 Liner group chat and their drama. I promise this is not just angst, like its gonna start out angsty here, but this will end up light hearted. I am not in an angst writing mood at the moment, but I've been sitting on this idea for months and I'm finally ready to write it. Writing the 97 Liner group chat was one of my favorite parts of Gays Only Event, so I'm pretty excited for this. These will be slow updates because I am super busy with my new job and I plan on working on this when I have free time or I am bored.

Just to explain, this is my interpretation of the events that happened early in 2021. I am of course exaggerating some of them and fans did not find out about NCT Hollywood until later, but I imagine NCT knew about it long before we did, so I've included it. Now, this is just my interpretation and theories, so don't take anything too seriously and I promise this will eventually just turn into crack. I can't make my 97 Liners sad for too long. I do think this will be BamBam centric just because I find the plot point I've set up for him here to be the most interesting, but we'll see how this develops.

Also, I don't love the summary for this and it'll probably change as I write more and get an idea of what this fic is gonna be about. Hope you enjoy <3

Chapter 1: if we could start again i’d promise not to fall in love this time

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X February 2021 X

97 Liner Best Liner Group Chat

MON 11:29 PM

BamBam : hey guys

Jungkook : hey

Eunwoo : hi

Jaehyun : hey

Mingyu : :/

DK : ok wtf happened

DK : I know why mingyu is in a mood, but what is up with y’all

The8 : ^^^

Yugyeom : bambam it’ll be ok

BamBam : maybe

DK : what’s wrong?

BamBam : jackson mark and i are taking a break

Jungkook : wait what

Jungkook : WHAT

Eunwoo : fuck my news bambam what happened???

Jaehyun : ^^

Mingyu : ^^^

BamBam : you know how we’re all leaving jyp?

The8 : of course

BamBam : we’re leaving because the company didn’t want to sign all seven of us back

Jaehyun : seems fair, I would bounce too

DK : what does this have to do with you guys breaking up tho

BamBam : the company didn’t want to resign mark

BamBam : they wanted us to continue without him

BamBam : mark was upset, but we all stood by him

Yugyeom : you know this isn’t your fault

BamBam : i know

BamBam : it’s just hard to see someone you love hurting

Jungkook : bammie :((

BamBam : anyway

BamBam : he decided to go back to LA

BamBam : he’s leaving

BamBam : and jackson is going to go back to China and continue to promote until covid restrictions ease up

BamBam : which means we’re not going to be near each other and i guess we decided to take a break for now since everything is confusing right now

Jaehyun : oh bambam

The8 : why can’t you guys do long distance?

Eunwoo : do jackson and mark not want to?

BamBam : no

BamBam : mark said he still wants to be with us he just needs time to think about stuff and get to a good place again

BamBam : it’s just a break but it fucking sucks

DK : don’t worry bammie it’ll get better

BamBam : i hope so :/

The8 : so why is jungkook in a mood?

Jungkook : mine seems kinda dumb now

BamBam : please distract me with your problems instead

Jungkook : oh ok

Jungkook : well you guys know how jin hyung needs to enlist?

Jungkook : hybe has been talking about all seven of us enlisting in 2022 if jin doesn’t get an extension

DK : is that not a good thing?

Jungkook : i don’t know

Jungkook : i don’t want to enlist yet

Jungkook : tae and i have so much time still

Jungkook : i was hoping we’d get a break once our members start enlisting but our schedule seems more packed then ever and now we have to enlist at the same time so we can all get back to our packed schedule

Jungkook : i just want a break and spend some time with my family and husband

Jungkook : i thought with the tour getting rescheduled that we’d finally have time, but i’m just feeling so burnt out

Jaehyun : that’s completely valid guk

Jaehyun : you guys do deserve a break

BamBam : does hybe listen to you guys at all?

Jungkook : kinda listen to namjoon hyung

Jungkook : idk ever since bighit became hybe it’s just not been the same

DK : aw guk :(

Jungkook : ok someone else go i don’t wanna talk about me anymore

Jaehyun : well SMis in talks about debuting a new NCT subunit

Jungkook : oh that’s exciting

Jaehyun : nah

BamBam : why not?

Jaehyun : it’s gonna be an American subunit…

BamBam : oh…

DK : *says the one who dated an American*

BamBam : …

DK : too soon?

Yugyeom : gonna go with yes on that one

Jaehyun : it’s just starting to feel lazy on SM’s part to keep adding new members to nct

Jaehyun : I know that’s the concept, but now I’m just waiting for them to start kicking us out or just putting nct 127 in the dungeon all together until we start enlisting and our contracts expire

The8 : that is frustrating

Jaehyun : anyway

Eunwoo : this is really sad without bambam going *anygay

BamBam : not feeling very gay right now

Eunwoo : you mean that in both senses of the word don’t you?

BamBam : yep

Yugyeom : how you doing @Mingyu

Mingyu : ya know

Eunwoo : ????

Mingyu : it’s just a hard time right now

Yugyeom : are the rumors actually true?

Mingyu : no

Mingyu : i mean

Mingyu : i don’t think so

Mingyu : there are so many now that i’m not sure what’s real or not

The8 : we’ll get through this

Mingyu : i don’t know

Mingyu : i don’t want to talk about it

DK : how are you dongmin?

DK : how is moonbin ;)

Eunwoo : oh

Jungkook : if you guys are breaking up too imma start screaming

BamBam : ^^

DK : ^^^

Jaehyun : ^^^^

Eunwoo : no no

Eunwoo : it’s just that true beauty is doing really well

Eunwoo : surprisingly well actually

Mingyu : that’s a good thing…

Yugyeom : yea I’m confused

Eunwoo : my popularity is rising which is a good thing for me but not really for astro :/

Eunwoo : the company is really only focusing on promotions for me and even talking about not renewing contracts for astro

BamBam : man fuck that

Eunwoo : my members are scared that astro is going to have to disband

Eunwoo : i don’t want it too but i also love acting

Eunwoo : it just feels like nothing is working

Jungkook : ditto

Jaehyun : mood

DK : fuck y’all are depressing

BamBam : i miss my boyfriends

Jungkook : i miss sleep

Eunwoo : i feel like its coming between binnie and i and i’m so scared that he won’t want to be with me anymore

The8 : moonbin is crazy about you

BamBam : sometimes that’s not a good enough reason to stay together

Yugyeom : I think we all need a group hug

Jungkook : i wish i could :/

Yugyeom : fuck that where are you

Mingyu : don’t forget covid restrictions…

Yugyeom : this past year fucking blew and 2021 isn’t getting any better

The8 : it’s really sucking for y’all

Jaehyun : maybe we were all long lost sisters in a past life

BamBam : wtf

Mingyu : go to bed jaehyun

Eunwoo : ^

DK : ^^

Yugyeom : what does that even mean

Jaehyun : idk made sense to me

Jungkook : make it make sense to the rest of us

Jaehyun : nvm not long lost sisters

The8 : you make no sense

Eunwoo : does he ever?

The8 : good point

BamBam : sometimes i wonder if it would be different if we never fell in love

Jungkook : bambam no

BamBam : maybe change wouldn’t hurt so much

BamBam : maybe i would be able to let this all go and move on

BamBam : if we could start again i’d promise not to fall in love this time

Yugyeom : don’t move bammie we are having a sleep over

BamBam : ok

Mingyu : falling in love with a friend you don’t want to lose sucks no matter what

DK : if you tell me you and wonwoo are having problems too I will smack both of you

Mingyu : no it’s ok

Mingyu : it just feels like sometimes ruining a friendship isn’t worth it

Jungkook : you guys waited a long time, i think it was worth it

The8 : I’m calling wonwoo fyi

Mingyu : ok :/

Jaehyun : this chat is really not a vibe today

Jaehyun : y’all seem to regret getting into relationships so Imma put it off for a few business years

Yugyeom : BUSINESS YEARS

Eunwoo : thanks for making me laugh jaehyun

Jaehyun : you’re welcome :D

BamBam : never change jaehyun

Jaehyun : I try not to

DK : @Jungkook join the jaehyun appreciation texts!!

Jaehyun : jungkookie :((

Jaehyun : appreciate me

The8 : yes lets all appreciate jaehyun

Mingyu : where’d guk go?

Jungkook : I AM DRIVING HOME

BamBam : ok and i’m gay

BamBam : we all have traits guk

DK : ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Jungkook : i can’t stand any of you x_x

Jaehyun : BAMBAM

Eunwoo : i’m on the floor T.T

Yugyeom : I love your mind bammie

BamBam : thank you, i’ll unfortunately be here all week

Yugyeom : getting hugs from me :D

BamBam : <3

Mingyu : @The8 what did you tell wonwoo??? i am being suffocated

The8 : good

Mingyu : cnvjkcmaskcbv

DK : deserved

Yugyeom : should we be concerned?

The8 : nah

DK : mingyu is tall

Jungkook : just gonna pretend i understand this reasoning

Eunwoo : i gave up a long time ago

Jaehyun : mood

Jungkook : please you confuse us on the daily

Jaehyun : what can I say

Jaehyun : I have a talent

BamBam : is that what we’re calling annoying these days

DK : oh burn

Jaehyun : x_x

 

Seen by BamBam, Jungkook, Eunwoo, The8, +1