time will tell

“are you enjoying the tour? i know there must not be a ton for you to do. they’ve been putting a lot of emphasis on groups and soloists…”

“it’s nice seeing new places, i’ve been able to explore for the most part.”

“Even ‘Sonique and that one guy’ probably would’ve been a little more fitting of us,” Daeil laughed softly, “I dunno, I guess it could be worse.”

“there’s always a next time if you want to make use of that name.” he joked, offering a smile to the other.

“how about making sure you don’t get into a cheating scandal?” syayeon said, an eyebrow raised. whatever happens to you now effects me, so i’m keeping my best interests in mind.” she rolled her eyes as she reclined back in her seat. “almost as disappointed if you don’t pay attention to me. sadly we’re becoming a power couple by the day, so you’ve got that to deal with too.”

“if this is really bothering you that much syayeon, why don’t you just fake break up with me?”  jinkyu smirked, lifting his own drink to his lips to take a sip before placing it back on the table, leaning closer to her. “do you know how many of my fans would be pleased if we split up?” jinkyu spoke whilst sitting back in the chair, staring around the room as he adjusted his shirt. 

“It’s funny seeing how many people honestly thought I wanted that team name in the first place.”

“did you have a particular name in mind?”

“trimmed, oh god…i could never rock a short cut.”

“are you sure? i think you’d look good with short hair.”

since syayeon and jinkyu had began to fake date under the guidance of those in their companies, she had been looking at gossip forums everyday to see what the thoughts of the netizens were. to some they were abhorrently against it but those types of people hated any dating news, more than likely because they couldn’t get anyone themselves. others - and the vast majority - supported it; to see the “nation’s sweetheart” and “nation’s son-in-law” as a potential item was a concept they could get behind, so syayeon was a little thankful for that.

although their fake dates had made her come to tolerate him, she still couldn’t stand the guy and sitting across from him in a restaurant was the last thing she wanted to do. “pro-tip, maybe don’t flirt with  a waitress in front of your fake girlfriend next time,” she said with a roll of her eyes, “i was offended, honestly.”

jinkyu’s eyes were still locked on the waitress as she left the table, a grin plastered onto his lips at the sight of her. although, upon hearing syayeon his facial expression changed and he diverted his attention back to his fake girlfriend, “you were offended? maybe you do like me more than you let on then.” his lips curled into a grin as he scoped out the room looking for the waitress again, “she was a fan, i’m not going to ignore a fan. do you know how disappointed the public would be if i had just shunned her?”

“no way. too old to be that rock and roll anymore.”

“it could be a gift to the fans. you could resurrect that hair in a wig maybe.”

Hana chuckled at his words. “Yeah, not much chance to get recognised if you don’t get out much. It’s still fun though. And way less high maintenance and damaging to your hair than dying it regularly.”

“i’ll look into getting wigs then. recommend any particular ones?”

“clearly you don’t.”

“listen, just because i recognise bad styling when i see it doesn’t mean i lose sight of my actual job.”

“definitely not. i don’t think i could rock that anymore.”

“i think you could, you’d look pretty cool with it.”

“thanks for reminding me to schedule to get one– my hair has been growing out for almost a year now.”

“your hair looks nice though, are you going to get it cut really short or just have it trimmed?”

“You should; they’re fun. Plus, they have the added value of being a disguise so that fans won’t realise it’s you so easily and bombard you in public. Not that I’ve ever had to use them for that purpose - yet.”

“i don’t get recognised too often, although i don’t leave my house a lot so that could probably be it also. i’m not opposed to trying out a few wigs though.”

“yeah…what a strange era.”

“you gonna bring back that hairstyle anytime soon?”

“last i checked you weren’t a stylist.”

“i do know what my job is.”