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"Namgyu! Come here!"
As if he wasn't already dealing with enough now. Maybe he'll be told he can have a break or something. Yeah,why else would he randomly be called to the staff room?
"Wait,someones calling me."
Hes talking to his friend, Gyeongseok, who's just as curious as to why he's being called. It wasn't a big deal or anything. Gyeongseok's just nosey like that.
Namgyu opens the door to see his manager. He doesn't sigh yet in case it really is a break.
"Namgyu, there's a very important guest in the VIP lounge.
Like they don't get people in the VIP lounge weekly.
"I need you to serve him some drinks, and tell him it's on the house. I also need you to sit with him."
"Me?"
"Yes, you. He seems like he'd be satisfied with someone like...you."
Whatever that means. But,in a way, this was sort of a break,so he wasn't gonna complain too much. Maybe (most likely) the guest his manager was on about will take drugs Namgyu offers them. Or better, Namgyu takes drugs he's gonna be offered by them.
He's guessing the comment was about how he dressed. It wasn't even too over the top,just some flashy jewellery here and there with a sort of graphic shirt. He works at a nightclub after all,isn't he MEANT to dress like this?
Anyway, Namgyu reaches the VIP room. Like he thought before,they have guests here weekly,but for some reason it was never really him who had to serve them. So, it was basically his first time being in there.
He opens the door to see some people surrounding a guy with purple hair,wearing some shit that looks even more over the top than him. Damn, he must be the celebrity.
Some of them are smoking,others are just admiring the guy,whilst he seems to half be enjoying the attention and the other half kinda zoned out
The red in that guys eyes made it clear as to why.
Namgyu walks out,realising he forgot to bring the drinks.
"Hey,you!"
Namgyu doesn't know if whoevers calling him is talking to him,or someone else. He looks back anyway.
"Me?"
He then sees the same guy everyone's surrounding, look directly at him..with his fingers pointing directly towards him
"Yes,you. Stay."
Way too demanding for Namgyu.
"I will,I just need to get some drinks for you."
"No,it's okay. Come here."
His manager knew what he was doing with this guy ,pointing his fingers and shit.
"The drinks are on the house..."
Namgyu was about to say the guys name before realising he didn't even know what it was and cut his sentence short.
"It's Thanos."
Thanos? What kind of western name is that? He looked like he was from here,it was probably a stage name. Stage name...he's some sort of artist?
Anyway, Namgyu opens the door,hearing "You heat that guys?!" coming out of Thanos' mouth before leaving the VIP area and going to make the drinks.
He also spots Gyeongseok there too.
"What was it?"
Namgyu tilts his head.
"Why your manager called for you?"
"He told me to serve some guy named Thanos,told me that he'd enjoy my company or some sh-"
"Thanos?!"
Gyeongseok looks like someone told him his mom died,or he won the lottery,or both. Namgyu instantly turns to look at him. He knows its a nightclub but how can he shout that loudly?
"You know him?"
"Do I know him?! I've been to like.." Gyeongseok glares down then up. "way too many of his concerts!"
He then does that look that Namgyu recognises ,the one that shows he's 100% planning something.
"Gyeongseok, don't think about doing anything. This shit could like, raise my pay by a lot."
Gyeongseok nods,giving up suspiciously quickly. Namgyu notices but is too tired to care,and he continues to make the drinks.
"Well, I'm gonna go now."
Namgyu says,putting a lot of drinks on a tray then holding it up carefully.
"Tell him I said hi."
Namgyu nods,probably not gonna do it anyway though. That'd probably make Thanos think Namgyus a fan. He then starts going back to the VIP room, feeling weridly a bit self conscious. He feels more confident around people a little less confident like Gyeongseok,for example. But Thanos was different,it was like he purposely had this aura that made everyone around him just slightly intimated enough that the chance of them messing with him became low. Was he overthinking this??<
Namgyu opens the door to the VIP lounge,the drinks feeling a little too heavy on the tray so he places them on the nearest table he can find.
"My boyy..you again!"
Thanos waves at him and a few eyes go onto him. Namgyu knows he doesn't even know him,but wants to start a conversation (and kinda wants to humble him.)
"Do I know you?"
Namgyu says, trying to keep a straight face at first but then just starts smiling because it's not like he's gonna see this guy again, right?
"No,but I want to you get to know you."
That was way too smooth. Thanos might actually humble Namgyu. He can't let that happen. He wants or NEEDS to say some sort of witty comeback that'll get Thanos all annoyed and shit.
.....
But the pay.. He'll be able to buy so much drugs that his plug will think he's scamming him.
"Sure."
Namgyu approaches their coach and stands there, waiting for people to move up so he can sit next to him. But they don't. Does he really have to ask??
"Hey,can you move up a space?"
"You're the waiter" They look at him up and down "thing..you should be comfortable standing."
Whatever bitch said that was really on some dehumanising shit. They get Thanos (barely) but who does THIS person think they are. Namgyu turns to look at them,and it's a girl with brown hair way too long and a snobby face.
Namgyu gives her a look of disgust before stepping back (so he has a place to stand, but he made it look like it was because he thought she stunk).
The girl, realising what Namgyu did, scoffs and plays with her hair. Then, starts fiddling with a glass that she took from the tray. As that bitch should.
"No,no move up a bit,for..." Thanos stares at Namgyus name tag, eyes dilated and red. "Namsu."
Namsu..? Doesn't Namsu mean something..man? beautiful? Or was he too high to think?
"It's Namgyu."
Someone next to the girl moves up a little,then blows smoke into Namgyus direction. The smoke instead goes into the brown haired girls direction and she coughs and rolls her eyes.
That girl didn't seem like the type of person to be around all these junkies,she seemed like she thought she was better than them,like on some rich white girl shit. Was she just there to flirt with Thanos? It's fine,he only cares because that just means she's a desperate whore, right?
Thanos pats a seat next to him and Namgyu realises he was going to keep budging. Fine. He was only doing this to..piss her off.
"Soo..Namsu, heard any of my music?"
Thanos says,bowling a ring of smoke and waving his hand around. He probably thought he looked like hot shit doing that.
Namgyu hadn't but didn't want him to start blasting whatever music that guy makes, the loud club music was already giving him a headache. When Namgyu first worked here , he thought any music playing in the club would calm him and shit. But as he worked more,he started using his own earphones , today was the one day he forgot it.
So, Namgyu nods and Thanos quickly looks at him,grinning a bit. Tch, he had so much other fans that could boost his ego hungry ass, he just chose Namgyu because he works here so it was kinda his job (sure Namgyu).
"Well then, what's your favourite song?"
"Any,I like all."
"Specifically, my boy. I don't like when people are vague,you know?"
Fuckkk. Is Thanos really doing this?? He's just gonna hope Thanos is high enough. He sure looked like it. He almost felt bad.
"That song that began with.." He mutters something that sounds like T H. He probably has a song that starts with The. Safe option.
"You mean the song 'Thanos'? From my new album?"
"Yeah."
Thanos? He knew it was normal to have a song named after yourself but fuck, him saying that was his favourite song made him sound like he's on some fan boy shit , and on level Gyeongseok, especially because Thanos is..like how he is.
"Wow, Namsu. You have taste."
Thanos says, then wraps his arm around Namgyus shoulder whilst looking at him. What the fuck is he doing? Namgyu wants to NO would take it but isn't that a little werid for Gyeongseok for Thanos to act all..whatever he's acting like to Thanos. Thanos is his celeb and he respects that. Not to mention Namgyu isn't even gay. He's only taking it for the pay,because that's the only thing he cares about. Somehow managing to live and drugs. Defiently.
He looks around,seeing everyone snorting shit,on their phone or talking obnoxiously loudly. He wanted to join,but just couldn't. Thanos gave him a bad vibe,a really bad vibe that made him even resist herion.
Fuck.
"I'm going to the bathroom."
Namgyu gets up and Thanos weridly doesn't say shit. He doesn't even look pissed off or anything. He's just watching Namgyu. Namgyu leaving the VIP room.
When he's out of the room, he starts walking fast,it's in his DNA to have to immediately talk shit about anyone that pissed him off in the slightest. Just because Thanos looked (was, even,no especially to Namgyu) like hot shit , doesn't mean he's an exception.
He stops as he sees Gyeongseok, he's out of breathe but tries to hide it.
"Gyeongseok..that bitch Thanos.."
"You actually talked to him?"
You mean he actually talked to ME." Namgyu says,looking away then suddenly has to make a drink for a customer. He also takes a drink for himself.
"Huh? So did he talk to you or not?"
"No,that bitch flirted with me." He says, aggressively shaking the drink as if what he was saying was a bad thing.
"Seriously?!'
"Yeah."
"Then why're you pissed??" Gyeongseok says in a bit of a soft tone because one more word and it seems like Namgyus gonna throw the bottle on his head.
"Because I'm not fucking gay!!"