SUMMARY: After an icy encounter with Tan during the Intergalactic festival, LJs infatuation causes some tension within the group.
Mentions Tan @ravebys and Kay @elektra-world
A door slams shut and LJ was pushed towards a chair forcefully. The two figures practically holding him hostage stood in front of the study room door, arms crossed and faces pinched with anger. "What was that shit you pulled, Jaehwan?" Alexander growled.
Van stepped forward, chewing the inside of his cheek as he tried to choose his words carefully. "You embarrassed our group. And you disrespected a junior. Can you not let your fascination with Kay go?"
Alexander scoffed, rolling his eyes. "He has a thing for girls who are off-limits," he waves his hand in the air. "We went through this with Jihye, remember? And Jieun-Noona! You think you're hot shit, right?" He snaps.
There was a history between the two that left a sour taste in Alexander's mouth. The sneaky flirts and constant comments about Jihye had caused tension between the two members. And LJ even had the audacity to come at his own Hyung about dating another trainee at that time.
"Can't I just have a little fun, Hyung? There's no harm in it." LJ mumbles, not bothering to look his members in the eye. He was like a cat playing with a mouse.
"Don't be dumb," Van says, his voice raising an octave. "What you're doing is weird, bordering on sexual harassment. Do you really not see that? Why did you touch her after being explicitly told to back off?"
During the final artist performance at the festival, LJ had stood particularly close to her and at one moment, his hand brushed her back when he walked behind her. "I told you! She lost lost her balance and I was reaching out to stop her from falling!" He says loudly, the usual smug look on his face was gone. It was the truth - Kay's heel had hit a bump in the stage and caught her off guard. He instinctively reached out, not even thinking, and had no nefarious intentions.
Alexander sighs, sitting down before speaking. "Then why get all cocky about it to her boyfriend, huh? Do you get off on that crap or something?" He wanted to keep his cool but it was hard. All he could think of were the times he went around flirting with Jihye. Even after he found out the two were dating, he still made some comments to Alexander here and there.
"Its just harmless fun. That Tan is annoying and thinks he's all that."
Van snorted, rolling his eyes. "Hi-larious coming from the man whose ego is bigger than his own dick." Jaehwan tilts his head, a snicker leaving him as he leans back in his chair. The boys often ribbed each other like this so he took no offense.
"Jai is too nice to ever say these things to your face, so I'm taking the initiative right now: you're going to stop this crap. Stop messing with girls who deny your advances. Stop thinking you're hot shit who can make any woman leave their man. You're a better person than this and I fucking know it. I'm going to Yuri and the others about you because you need to be knocked back a few steps." Alexander was stern and his furious gaze dug into Jaehwan like hot fire pokers.
"What? You know what will happen of you do! We have a comeback soon!" He says, his voice raising in frustration and disbelief.
Van gives him a sympathetic look. "Yeah, I know. It blows - but maybe use your time off to think about how you've been acting. How your actions affect others, yeah?"
Jaehwan huffed, growling softly as he stood up and began to pace. "You make me out to be a predator!" He yells, though shame was starting to consume him.
"You're used to fans accepting every little wink, thrust and flirt that leaves you. It's gone to your head. Not every woman wants that." Alexander says, surprisingly calm. "You ruined my relationship with Jihye, you know? Your advances made her so uncomfortable that I had no choice but to break up with her so you'd leave her alone!" It seemed foolish at the time, but LJ had only started moving in once he realized she was off the market.
"No," Alexander intercepts, standing up as the younger boy spun around, "I don't want anymore excuses. My mind has been made up. This is your final chance to redeem yourself otherwise you will be gone and we'll make sure of it."
The left Jaehwan standing there, stunned. He paced the room a bit more, releasing a frustrated growl before finally calming down and leaving the room a nearly a half an hour later.
It didn’t take long after that for him to receive a text from his manager demanding he visit the CEOs office at once.
