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Nobody knew Wonwoo and Mingyu were a thing, except for the rest of the band members themselves. They knew the risks of dating their own bandmate was never small but they took the shot anyway. The pair could still recall the look they got from the leader during a group meeting that was called to discuss all the things that would take to keep their relationship behind closed doors and never to be out to the public. The look was less of an angry glare, certainly not an excited and happy one, but more of a concerned one. Seungcheol always prayed for the members' happiness but he never thought these two would be involved in a serious relationship; moreover a homosexual one, in an industry where an idol's flick of finger is scrutinized.
Nonetheless, they lasted for years, 3 years to be exact. Those shared dorms, shared rooms, cars, down to the hotel rooms, played a big role in giving them quality time amongst their heavily packed schedules. Moreover, even when they were busy, they would still be in the same space.
But that was exactly the issue; sharing the same space.
One day they decided to call their relationship off. It was not unprovoked, but it was obviously for the sake of the team — all 13 of them felt like the public suspicion was getting higher, especially among the fans. They thought it through, and finally came to the decision that the two cannot continue their relationship anymore if they wish to have their public image remain pristine.
It was certainly hard for the two of them, having to go through their days together with their ex-lovers for almost 90% of the time. However, they must maintain their professionalism unconditionally.
Months went by, Wonwoo was the the first one who finally got through the break up. At first, he couldn't bear to see Mingyu on his eyes, but now it seemed like he had gotten enough strength to see them again without feeling the sparks in his heart. But on the other hand, Mingyu's heartbreak was still so unbearable for him.
In the small hours, he came to his Soonyoung hyung just to vent his heart out; mainly about all the things he was still feeling towards Wonwoo and how he still couldn't shake the feelings out.
"Well, whether you like it or not, the US tour is coming soon. You need to figure that out before it happens or else it will be a living hell for you." Soonyoung said while having his eyes on the TV. His voice was flat, indicating that he didn't think first before spewing those words.
"I know. But it's hard for me to just act like nothing happened between us and that the relationship never took place. I'm very confused how the hell did he manage to get out of this," Mingyu went silence for awhile to think (more like to untangle the strings in his mind) then his face slightly lit up, "why don't you ask him how did he get through this? You know, for me?"
"What? Don't you think he would be suspicious about that? Like, all of a sudden I am talking about the break up?" This is the only time where the older peeled his eyes off the TV screen to give Mingyu the you-must-be-joking look.
"You're right. Then what should I do?" Mingyu whined like a child as he pushes his body onto Soonyoung's bed, causing the older to be bounced from his place.
"Just act like nothing happened, like what you have been doing. The point of the break up is to avoid everyone else other than us to be suspicious. Just make yourself think about how you want to be on that stage, give your best performance, and make your fans happy."
That night was ended with Mingyu sleeping on Soonyoung's bed, taking most of the space and made the older let himself being gatekept by Mingyu's big arms.
The long awaited day came, and they started their tour. Luckily enough, once Mingyu is on that stage, all his worries were suddenly gone. His head was focused on how to give the best performance he could ever give and to look good in front of thousands of people. Besides it is his job after all.
At first the concert went very smoothly, Mingyu didn't feel anxious. But that was before the encore where he was on the same part of the stage as Wonwoo and Joshua. He could feel his legs screaming and begging him to run away to the other side of the stage, but instead he just froze. Now it was too late to turn back without making it seem odd.
The next thing that he knew, Wonwoo had his arm around his neck from behind, and the worse part: Wonwoo held his own microphone in that hand. Mingyu wanted to scream "fuck", but his useless big body just froze instead and let Wonwoo's face approach his damned purple microphone that was just so close to Mingyu's sweaty face. What happened for 5 seconds felt like 5 hours for Mingyu and it was just so excruciating. He just wanted to kiss Wonwoo right then and there but once his brain rebooted, Wonwoo was already standing a meter away and smirking at him. Oh that cursed smile. Then the rest of the night just blinked away.
Fucking Jeon Wonwoo and his teasy cocky ass. Mingyu cursed inside his mind.
"Hyung, what was that?" Mingyu approached Wonwoo backstage once the concert was over. This was a rash decision, remembering he could still feel the oxygen fleeing away and refusing to return into his lungs whenever he was interacting with his ex.
"What was what?" In such composed manner, Wonwoo replied, "oh the encore part? Did it purposefully," he smirked. Mingyu expected the older to just walk away so that he could breathe, but in reality Wonwoo inched closer instead, "good luck on getting over that." Then finally, Wonwoo walked away and out of the room. The bigger man was still baffled, dumbfounded, couldn't believe what the fuck happened.
Legend says that Mingyu is still not over that moment and Wonwoo until this second.