It was a normal morning, at least, that's what this particular human being thought. He was lying on his bed, scrolling through Instagram. His phone blew up with notifications from fans because of what he posted the day before.
(𝑨/𝑵: 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒔, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆... 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒕, 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒑𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕😊)
"COUPS HYUNG!!!"
The mention of his name made him look towards the door, seeing a panting Vernon. He looked like he just finished a marathon. "What is it, Hansol?" Coups, or Seungcheol, questioned him. "Hang Sungsoo PD-nim wants us in the main office in 20 minutes." Hansol said, his panting making his voice unstable.
"The two of us?" "No, the whole group." Seungcheol raised his eyebrows, confused to why the CEO of our company wanted to see them so suddenly. "Alright then," He spoke quickly, getting ready to meet the CEO.
"By the way." Hansol suddenly said. "Hang Sungsoo PD-nim said that Bang PD-nim will be there as well." Now, if Seongcheol was confused before, he definitely isn't now. He's now jungshook (𝑨/𝑵: 𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕?). Listen, meeting your CEO is one thing but seeing the CEO of one of the four biggest companies in K-Pop is another.
"Hansol, go and tell the maknaes to get ready and I'll tell the hyung line." He commanded Hansol. He nodded his head and went to inform the maknaes about this meeting. Seungcheol went and rummaged through his closet and changed into more presentable clothes. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘊𝘌𝘖𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴? He thought. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨... 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?
Seungcheol walked into the living room and was met by an arguing Soonyoung and Jihoon, Jeonghan and Jisoo having breakfast while watching a drama along with Junhui, and Wonwoo reading a book on the couch.
"For the last time, I said No!"
"Oh come on. Please?"
"I said NO!"
"Please?"
"N. O."
"Why?"
"Just, no."
"Why? You helped me with Hurricane though."
"Yes, I did."
"Then why won't you help me with this one?"
"Do you really want me to make a song called 'Tiger' for the group's comeback?!"
"It can be my solo song!"
Seungcheol rolled his eyes. 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘚𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳... 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. Seungcheol sighed and sat on the couch. Catching Junhui and Wonwoo's attention. "Good morning, Hyung." Junhui greeted him, eyes still glued to the TV. "Morning Jun, Wonwoo." He greeted back. "Morning." Wonwoo mumbled, absorbed in his book.
"Everyone please get ready and wear presentable clothes." He announced loudly so that Soonyoung and Jihoon can hear him over their arguing. "Hmm... Why?" Jisoo asked, now facing Seungcheol, as well as everyone in the room. "Hang Sungsoo PD-nim and Bang PD-nim wants to see us. We're supposed to be at the main office in..." He checked the clock on the wall. "17 minutes."
"Shit!" They all cursed. Immediately rushing into their rooms to mentally and physically prepare themselves to go face to face with the CEO of Bighit Entertainment. Well, almost everyone. Wonwoo and Jihoon were more chill about it, but Seungcheol can still see the nervousness in their eyes.
They all got ready in 10 minutes and went out of their dorm. Seungcheol was already waiting outside. "Ready to go?" He asked the members, eyeing their faces. "Ready." They chorused. "Alright then." Seungcheol then proceeded to lock the dorm door and led the members to the main office.
They were walking in silence until Soonyoung spoke up. "Hyung, why do they want to see us?" Seungcheol sighed. He has been wondering the same thing ever since he heard the news. "I don't really know, Soonyoung. Hansol just suddenly came into my room and told me that we have a last-minute meeting with them."
Soonyoung nodded, shutting up. "Are the kids there already?" Jeonghan questioned Seungcheol. "I think so, they usually don't take that long unlike us." They are split into two dorms, the hyung dorm and the maknae dorm. Jihoon, being the middle 'child' (𝑨/𝑵: 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕-), had the privilege to choose between the hyung and maknae dorm. Since he couldn't decide, the company just bought two dorms with 7 bedrooms each. Jihoon is the only member with a bedroom in both dorms.
Soon, they arrived at the main office with 2 minutes to spare. They saw that the maknaes were already there. "Hi, hyungs!" Seokmin greeted. "Morning, everyone." The hyungs chorused. "So..." Chan began. "Anyone knows why we're here?" "No, not really." Jihoon replied. "Coups hyung just told us that we had a last-minute meeting with the CEOs now."
"That's what Nonnie told us." Seungkwan said.
They all fell into silence. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘋𝘐𝘋 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘌𝘖𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺?
"Hyungs, why are you here?"
They all jumped at the sudden noise and turned to the source of the sound. Hueningkai was there looking at them confused. "Hi, Hueningkai." Seungcheol greeted. "Well, we also have no idea why we're here so we're just as clueless as you right now."
"Oh, I hope everything's fine!" Hueningkai smiled. The Seventeen members just cooed at his cuteness. He's a ray of sunshine, just like Seokmin. "Bye hyungs! I have to go to the practice room now. Also, just call me Hyuka."
"Bye, Hyuka!" Seventeen chorused. Hueningkai gave them his infamous angelic smile and ran in the opposite direction. "He's so cute~!" Jeonghan exclaimed. "I agree, he's like a ball of sunshine." Minghao stated.
"Seventeen, please come in." The secretary of Hang Sungsoo suddenly opened the door, making all the members jump in surprise once again. Seungcheol just nodded at her and faced the other members. "Alright everyone, just line up according to age. Oldest to youngest, it'll be neater." The members complied and made a perfectly, and long, straight line. Seungcheol took a deep breath and walked into the office. The members following.