second chance (4/??)
inspired by don’t wanna cry, lie again and second life & a little idea from reply 1997 and 1988.
genre: romance. fluff, angst, love rivals etc lmao
pairing: y/n x ??? (svt)
a/n: hi guys! so my imagination started running after listening to dwc, lie again and second life on repeat lmao. i’ve always love reading angsty fics and so i came up with this series based on these three songs! disclaimer!! if there’s any similarity with other fics, it is coincidental, everything written here is based on my idea! no to plagiarism!! also, pics and gifs here are NOT mine! hope you guys enjoy this series!
SERIES MASTERLIST
What if you could get a second chance at love? What if it was the wrong time but the right person all along? Would you take it? This second chance?
Meet y/n, a 25 year old girl who had to revisit the city she once loved, Seoul. It was a city filled with both good and bad memories for her. When she left, she swore never to return. But here she is, back in Seoul, hoping to not run into a certain old flame that might reopen old wounds and remind her of how broken hearted she was back then.
chapter 3 | chapter 4 | chapter 5
chapter 4: forget-me-nots
jan 2019, seoul, 9:25pm (KST)
“wait! what do you mean.. she left?”
“y/n’s on the way to Incheon airport right now. she’s going back home to her country” Joohyeon ssaem told the members as they were preparing backstage at SBS Gayo Daejeon, standing by to perform.
It was quite chaotic backstage, with the crew running around notifying idols to prepare for their stage and with a large group like seventeen, all the more it’d be twice the chaos.
The members were doing last minute touch ups on their hair and makeup, while some were prepping their mics and in-ear monitors.
“I didn't expect y/n noona to return back home this quickly..” dino whispered to seungkwan as the younger members were done prepping. seungkwan sighed and looked over to one of his hyung who was sitting on the chair, having his makeup touched up. his expression was stoic and expressionless.
seungkwan wasn't able to figure out what exactly his hyung was feeling after hearing news of y/n leaving Korea for good. he slowly walked over to the older member’s side, “hyung.. are you okay?”
seungkwan’s question was met by what seemed like a forced smile and a thumbs up, “don't worry seungkwan, I'm fine.”
“you.. should go after y/n noona and tell her you didn’t mean what you said that day” seungkwan touched the older guy’s shoulder.
“no.. it’s too late. it’s best if she hates me. I don’t deserve her anyway.”
“hyung--”
“Seventeen, you’re up next!” A crew member came into the dressing room.
“come on, it’s our turn next.” the older guy stood up from his chair and grabbed his mic pack, leaving seungkwan who sighed and shooked his head. *how did things ended up like this?*
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jan 2019, Incheon airport, 10:17pm (KST)
“we are going to miss you so so much!!” hana and choyi hugged y/n tightly at the departure gate. y/n smiled as she returned the hug, squeezing the girls tightly trying hard not to cry. at least in front of them.
“I promise to kakaotalk you guys everyday ok? if not at least every week. I will miss you both too, if it weren’t for you girls I wouldn't have been able to adapt to life here.”
choyi sniffed and wiped a tear from her eye while hana looked at her with a soft smile, “you sure you don’t wanna stay here for a little longer?”
y/n shooked her head and forced a smile, “I miss home and my parents.. plus, it’s best if I moved on.. from here.” she blinked a few tears away that were threatening to drop.
“I love you girls. This isn’t goodbye okay?” y/n hugged the other two again before walking into the departure gate, waving one last time.
hana and choyi waved goodbye as they watched y/n disappear into the doors.
“I don't blame her for leaving. her heart is broken”
“I guess it’s best if she goes home and heal from this hurt”
hana and choyi turned and walked to the carpark, “ugh if I knew he was such a jerk all along, i wouldn’t have encouraged y/n to be with him!” choyi folded her arms in anger. hana sighed as she unlocked her car. “we didn't know then.. it was as if they were made for each other.. who knew he would have said those hurtful things and break her heart”
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present day: nov 2020, svt’s dorm, 11:28pm (KST)
“seungcheol ah, you still asleep? want some ramen?” jeonghan enters the leader’s room and found him browsing through a photo album. “oh? what are you looking at?”
seungcheol showed him the album which consist of various polaroids taken over the past few years. “wow.. eh? isn’t this from two years ago? Ideal Cut right?”
seungcheol nodded as he picked up a polaroid of him and y/n before the concert started. “dino took jihoon’s polaroid camera and were going around taking tons of pictures.. but this in particular, is from y/n’s camera”
“I like this one the most” seungcheol smiled as he ran his fingers over the y/n’s frame on the polaroid.
jeonghan hugged through the album and found his polaroid with y/n. “I like this one better”
both of them chuckled as they continued browsing through the rest of the pictures. “she must have found us annoying, asking her to taking pictures with us instead of letting her find her seat at the stadium”
“we could have made her life easier by taking a group picture”
“you’re the one who asked for a solo picture with her first” jeonghan elbowed seungcheol.
“yeah I did.. her smile lightens up my day”
“mine too..”
the same aged members sat there in silence for a few minutes as they gazed at the pictures on their lap.
“anyways”, jeonghan broke the silence. “Did Mingyu said anything today?”
“about?” seungcheol asked as he packed the album back into a box and placed it back under his bed.
jeonghan shooked his head, “oh it’s fine. coffee run this afternoon took a little longer cause.. there were a few people at the cafe..”
seungcheol nodded forming an “o” with his mouth.
“oh yeah, do you want some ramen?” jeonghan asked before he exited the leader's room. seungcheol declined as he was going to go to bed.
jeonghan nodded and left the room to find mingyu standing outside. “hyung.. why didn’t you let seungcheol hyung know that we met y/n noona today?”
“sssh.. let’s just leave it for now.”
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nov 2020, hongdae, 3:26pm (KST)
y/n let out a breath as she stepped out of a cafe with an ice americano in her hand. she had just finished her third meeting for the day and has the rest of the afternoon to herself as hana and choyi were busy.
“HOME RUNNNN!”
familiar voices caught y/n’s attention as she was walking down the streets of hongdae. she paused and turned.
seventeen’s mv for their latest song was playing on a television in a shop. y/n stood closer to the tv and watched the mv.
*they’ve grown so much* she stared as the camera panned to him, his solo shot that came up a few seconds -- oh how different he looks, in a span of two years he looked more mature.. more handsome.
“their moves is still as sharp and precise as ever” y/n mumbled as she walked away, old memories flashing by.
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flashback: June 2018, Seoul, 2:13pm (KST)
y/n and the girls were at jamsil arena where it's day one of Ideal Cut 2018. as friends of seventeen, the girls got to have exclusive backstage passes and tickets for the three days.
the girls were seated at the spectators seats while watching the group rehearse. though they weren't the ones performing but they still felt nervous for the guys, after all, everyone’s hoping that these three days will go as smoothly as possible without any injuries.
“woohoo seventeen fighting!!” choyi screamed at the top of her lungs as she waved her arms. y/n giggled at the sight while hana covered her face in embarrassment and tried pulling choyi to sit down.
y/n smiled and turned towards his direction making eye contact with him. she made a fist and mouthed “fighting”. he returned her smile and made a finger heart causing the girl to blush and look away, face as red as a tomato.
“hyung! you’re supposed to be standing here!” dino called out. y/n bit her lip holding her laughter as she sees her boyfriend scrambling to his position as they got ready to rehearse for clap.
yes, boyfriend. y/n still finds it hard to believe that she’s dating a member of seventeen. but it’s been quite easy to hide since they’re always hanging out as a group at the pledis building. the only people who knew of their relationship are the managers, members, the girls and joohyeon ssaem.
as to how they begin.. it wasn’t as romantic as those k drama confession scenes -- all he did was asked her out for coffee at their favourite cafe, gave her flowers (forget-me-nots which is y/n’s favourite) with a card that was written by him, confessing his feelings for her cause he was too shy to verbalise it.
now, y/n didn’t accept him right away. she needed time to decide and think. but with the help of hana and choyi -- well, more of choyi, y/n decided to give the svt member a chance. after all, she has feelings for him too.
“let’s take ten!” one of the pd announced as svt finished the first rehearsal for clap. y/n snapped out of her thoughts as she joined the girls in clapping loudly before going backstage to meet the guys.
“good job you guys! carats are going to be in awed tonight!” choyi gave them a thumbs up while joohyeon ssaem nodded in agreement while grabbing hana’s hand.
y/n went over to the snacks area. “so was I good out there?” she turned to find her boyfriend peering over her shoulder as she opened a bottled of water for him.
“hmm..” she cheekily rubbed her chin, pretending to be thinking hard. “I guess you were kinda okay”
“okay? only okay?!” y/n laughed as his eye’s went as wide as it could (he has big eyes anyways). “okay fine, you were amazing out there!” she caressed the back of his neck looking up at him with a loving gaze. his eyes softened as he reached out to hold her hand.
“noona! what about us? we were great too right!” y/n turned to see dino, seungkwan and dokyeom pouting. y/n grinned, “yes yes you guys were great! here, have some snacks that we brought” y/n handed some kimbap to the younger ones.
“okay now that you guys are fed, go away and leave us alone!” y/n chuckled at her boyfriend’s childish antics as he shooed away the three nosy ones.
[end of flashback]
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nov 2020, gwangju, 4:16pm (KST)
“Cut! that’s it for today’s shoot, good work everybody!” the director yelled as everybody clapped as the shoot finishes. seungcheol, jeonghan, woozi, seungkwan and mingyu were guest stars on a variety show since the early morning.
the five of them bowed and said goodbyes to the mc and crew before walking back to their van.
“oh hyungs! look! pretty flowers!” seungkwan pointed and ran over to the field. just a few meters away from their van, there was a field of flowers, particularly forget-me-nots. “mingyu hyung! quick help me take some pics!” mingyu sighed as he took out his iPhone.
“so pretty” jeonghan commented as he, woozi and seungcheol stood in front of the field while the two younger ones were taking pictures. seungcheol nodded. “I didn’t know they were in season.. so beautiful” he said softly as he reached out and touched a bunch of them.
“do you guys still remember the meaning of forget-me-nots?” woozi asked as he gazed at the field in front of him.
“she’s the one who taught us right so how could we forget?” the three of them chuckled.
flashback: may 2018, svt’s practice room, 6:37pm (KST)
“how kind of you girls to bring us food again! thank you so much!” joshua grinned as he distributed the bento boxes that the girls brought. “no worries, it’s just that our exams are coming up so we won't be able to visit you guys for a while” choyi explained.
“aww.. study hard! fighting!” hoshi exclaimed, mouth full of kimchi fried rice much to seungkwan’s annoyance.
hana sighed as she leaned onto joohyeon ssaem’s shoulder, browns scrunching as she furiously typed onto her laptop.
“is hana noona okay?” dokyeom asked peering over to the couple who were sitting at one corner. “she’s fine.. just a little stressed over her assignment where she has to pick three flowers and write about them” y/n answered as she grabbed a can of coffee and took a sip.
seungcheol mirrored her actions and took a sip of his ice americano, “flowers? that's a unique assignment”
y/n nodded, “yeah. she wants to write about rare and uncommon flowers but hasn’t able to decide which”
“speaking of flowers, do you have a favourite flower noona?” myeongho who was silently listening to their conversation, asked.
“hmm” y/n thought for a second, “forget-me-nots”
“what a unique name! I've never heard of those before” jun commented.
“they’re really pretty and I love the meaning behind them.” y/n showed them a few pictures of the flower. “so what's the meaning behind them?”
“It symbolises true love and respect. giving someone forget-me-nots meant that you will always remember them and keep them in your thoughts.” y/n smiled as she took a quick glance at one of the guys who was listening to her explanation.
[end of flashback]
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nov 2020, gwangju, 4:20pm (KST)
jeonghan took a deep breath of the fresh air. *is this a sign? that it’d be better to let the others know of her return?* he stared out onto the field of flowers that y/n love.
“actually.. now that the flowers reminded me..”
woozi and seungcheol turned and look at jeonghan.
“she’s back” jeonghan paused and observed the other two reactions.
“...what?”
jeonghan took another deep breath and looked at the two leaders.
“y/n’s back in Seoul and we just saw her a few days ago.” seungkwan and mingyu paused what they were doing and stared at the older member.
seungcheol held his breath as he tried to digest the information that he heard.
woozi blinked a few times before looking down at the flowers.
“She's back?”
