the time from their dorms to the place they would spend the next few hours had been hectic. which was why it took him a good second before he finally realized, who he was looking at. his mouth opened as a reflex to his name being said, but nothing came out. it didn’t take long before people began to fill the room, his own band members in between and people began to greet each other. it felt as if he finally blinked after what seemed forever when someone he assumed to be head of make up, introduced jygyeong to him, totally oblivious to the fact that they already knew each other VERY WELL.
however it still felt as if the world was standing still until someone guided him towards the chairs. ‘ what are you doing here? ‘ was all he managed to get out, asking the quite obvious. he knew they couldn’t avoid each other forever and would most likely meet again at some point. he just hadn’t imagined it would be like this. and then at the start of their tour.
she wasn’t sure how long they stood there , both of them just STARING at the other . how long had it been since they’d seen each other ? all she could think about was their conversation in the park when she broke up with him , seojun’s head in her lap as he CRIED . she let her coworker nudge her forward , snapping her from her thoughts as she gave a polite bow ; at least bowing helped her avoid maintaining eye contact with him .
she followed seojun and her coworker to the makeup chair , only looking up to meet his gaze in the mirror when he spoke to her . she couldn’t decide whether hearing his voice made her want to SMILE or CRY . “ i’m working , ” she said simply , moving her gaze to the makeup on the counter as she thought about what she was going to do both for seojun’s makeup , as well as the entire situation . “ i didn’t know that i’d be working with you , i promise . ”