#de:code:apreval

they don’t have as many schedules, which jaehyun understands, after all they’d only debuted about two months ago. by now, he’s somewhat accustomed to the whole music show deal. 

he’s on the way back from the bathroom to his waiting when he’s greeted by a fellow idol, to which he smiles back and returns the greeting. it’s only respectful after all. it’s then when she passes him what looks like a sandwich, and jaehyun looks at her confused. ah, he thinks, she must be really caring! he bows once more and makes a move back to the waiting room, thanking her for the food.

the sandwich is left on the side, until jaehyun feels his stomach rumbling a few hours later. it’s then when he grabs it, mindlessly chewing on the sandwich before he suddenly feels something... of a different texture in his mouth. that was clearly not a celery, or egg, or ham. he furrows his brows, continues chewing, until he realizes that he can’t exactly swallow this no matter how many times he chews.

he opens his mouth, gently prodding his finger to find the foreign object, only to have a piece of paper leave his lips. “oh my god,” he says aloud, confused. “what the hell,” he puts the sandwich aside and unrolls the paper. it was scribbled with... something, that was now illegible thanks to all the food that it had been mixed with.

“she must’ve been trying to ... put a talisman on me,” he mutters to himself. he shudders at the thought and quickly throws the paper away. unbeknownst to him, it had simply been her number scribbled on it.