adding onto the 8th member texts!! is there any way you could do a part 2 of how tomoya and reader act in person at practises or performances!!!
🎧 LIFE AS NEXZ’S 8TH MEMBER
ESSENCE ➜ it started as a joke from JYP… somehow it became the place you finally called home.
✧ includes ➜ individual member relationships + tomoya’s idiot-in-love era 🤍
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You were so surprised when it was time to be put into your group.
JYP just looked at you and said he was bored and wanted to do something fun.
You walk into a room with seven boys.
You genuinely thought it was a mistake.
“Um… I think I’m in the wrong room.”
At first they looked so intimidating.
Like actually terrifying.
Then after living with them for like…
You realized every single one of them goes through problems.
Like they all have deep-rooted issues.
They are so stupid it’s actually wicked.
You don’t know how seven people with so much talent can all share one braincell.
They’re constantly bothering you.
Annoying you just because they’re bored.
But they’re also the sweetest boys you’ve ever met.
That man is genuinely an idiot.
The first person he confessed to wasn’t you.
“I can’t breathe around her.”
“Every time she talks to me I get so nervous.”
“I think she smiled at me today.”
Meanwhile you’re just watching him from across the practice room thinking,
“…What is actually wrong with him?”
He’d do absolutely anything just to get your attention.
Randomly pick you up and carry you somewhere.
Which usually ended with him getting punched.
You ended up dating him, you fell for the Moya oppa propaganda.
Which honestly just made him worse.
Now he has an actual reason to be attached to you.
Everyone always knows where Tomoya is.
He’s probably standing next to you.
Not because he’s trying to.
It just kind of happens even during practices.
Whenever the choreographer is explaining something difficult, Tomoya instinctively looks at you first to make sure you understand before looking back himself.
During water breaks, he somehow always ends up talking to you in the corner of the room.
If you’re struggling with a move, he’s already walking over.
“Want to run it together?”
Half the time you already know the choreography.
He just likes having an excuse to dance with you.
The members started making bets on how long it’d take before Tomoya checked on you.
Not even ninety seconds later—
The room immediately erupts.
Tomoya just stands there.
He’s always reaching for your hand without thinking.
If you’re sitting down, he’s somehow sitting right next to you.
If you’re standing, he’s leaning on your shoulder.
If you disappear for more than five minutes—
The members don’t even answer anymore.
Because wherever you are…
There are so many little moments fans catch that the two of you don’t even realize you’re doing.
Looking for each other after the ending pose.
Giving each other a quick high five while running backstage.
Smiling every time your eyes meet across the stage.
One time you almost slipped during a performance.
Tomoya caught your wrist before anyone else even noticed.
The clip ended up everywhere.
The members never let him live it down.
Backstage is somehow even worse.
The second the performance ends…
“You hit your knee during that one move.”
“I’ll be okay I promise.”
“…Then why are you asking?”
“Because she’s the true love of my life.”
“…right.”
He loves showing you off too.
Just in the way where he’ll smile really big and say,
“My girlfriend made this.”
“My girlfriend picked this out for me.”
Or his personal favorite…
As if everyone somehow forgot in the last five minutes.
You still punch him whenever he gets too cheeky.
He’ll wrap his arms around you in the middle of the dorm.
Being around Haru was just easy.
The two of you laughed over absolutely everything.
Sometimes you didn’t even know what you were laughing at anymore.
One of you would accidentally make eye contact.
Someone would start giggling.
The other would immediately join in.
Now the two of you are crying over something that wasn’t even funny to begin with.
The members would just walk into the room.
You’d both try explaining.
You started laughing again.
Haru wasn’t any help either because he was laughing just as hard as you were.
Eventually the members stopped asking.
But the thing you loved most about Haru…
Was how quiet your friendship could be.
You never felt like you had to fill the silence.
Some afternoons you’d both end up on the couch after practice.
Your legs tucked underneath you.
Him scrolling on his phone.
You reading a book or doodling in a notebook.
Neither of you saying a single word for almost an hour.
Sometimes he’d look over.
Then you’d both go right back to whatever you were doing.
You always left those moments feeling a little lighter.
🐶
So Geon is actually the biggest brat.
Growing up with older sisters meant he was always the one getting picked on.
He finally has an another little sister.
That little sister is you.
The second you moved into the dorm he made it his personal mission to be in your business twenty-four seven.
You’re doing your makeup?
He’s standing in the doorway asking fifty questions.
You’re trying to watch a show?
He’s already sitting next to you asking,
The second you look away…
He absolutely loves getting under your skin.
He’ll steal your hoodie just because he knows you’ll spend twenty minutes looking for it.
Call your name from across the dorm…
“You literally made me get up.”
“You are actually the worst.”
He smiles every single time.
Your fights are never serious.
Half the dorm has seen you chase So Geon around with whatever happened to be closest.
“I’M GONNA BEAT YOUR ASS.”
“YOU HAVE TO CATCH ME FIRST.”
The other members don’t even react anymore.
They just move out of the way.
He always acts like you’re the problem.
“You put my stuffed animal in the freezer.”
“…Okay that one was really funny.”
As much as he loves bothering you…
He’s also the first one to notice when something’s wrong.
If you’re unusually quiet, he’ll stop teasing you almost immediately.
Instead, he’ll casually sit beside you on the couch.
Just hanging around until you start talking again.
And if somebody outside the group ever made you upset?
The same boy who spends every day annoying you suddenly becomes ridiculously protective.
“Only I get to bother my little sister.”
You’d roll your eyes every time he said it.
He’s back to stealing your snacks.
Because he has an image to maintain.
🦌
Seita is such a quiet caretaker.
He never makes a big deal out of taking care of you.
The first time he fixed your jacket before going on stage, you honestly didn’t think much of it.
Then he tucked a loose strand of hair behind your ear.
Adjusted your in-ear monitor.
Brushed a piece of lint off your shoulder.
Opened the practice room door for you.
Held the van door so you could climb in first.
It slowly became something you didn’t even notice anymore.
But because it became so normal.
He never lets you forget that you’re a lovely lady.
Not because he thinks you can’t do things yourself.
He just genuinely enjoys doing the little things for you.
If you’re carrying something heavy…
If your shoelace comes untied…
He quietly points it out before you trip.
If your necklace gets twisted during a performance…
He’s fixing it before you’ve even realized.
It’s never anything huge.
Just a hundred tiny moments that slowly add up.
Out of everyone in the dorm, Seita probably knows the most about you other than Moya.
Not because you tell him everything.
You’ll be sitting in the living room with Hyui talking about absolutely anything.
Something funny you saw online.
A random story from when you were little.
You honestly don’t even realize Seita is listening.
He’s usually just painting.
Then three weeks later you’ll casually say,
“I’ve really been craving strawberry cake.”
“You mentioned it a while ago.”
There’s strawberry cake in the fridge.
He’s also surprisingly observant.
One look at you and he’ll know if you’ve had a rough day.
Never pressures you to talk.
He’ll make you a cup of tea.
Or just quietly keep you company until you’re ready.
He’s perfectly happy just being there.
The members have joked that Seita acts like your personal gentleman.
“I was raised to take care of the people I care about.”
Then he’ll hold the door open for you again like it’s the most normal thing in the world.
You always smile and quietly say,
I think that’s what makes Seita so special.
With everyone else, the dorm is loud.
People yelling your name from across the house.
His way of loving people is so quiet that if you aren’t paying attention, you’ll miss it.
🐿️
Hyui is honestly your biggest partner in crime.
The second one of you has an idea…
The other is immediately on board.
“I haven’t even said it yet.”
“Because I already know it’s gonna be dumb.”
The two of you somehow make anything funny.
One of you accidentally trips over absolutely nothing.
The other starts laughing.
Now you’re both crying on the floor because you can’t stop laughing.
“I don’t even wanna know.”
The amount of inside jokes you two have should honestly be studied.
Half the time you’ll just look at each other…
And now everyone else is annoyed.
The members hate hearing that sentence.
He’s also your biggest gossip buddy.
If literally anything happens…
He’s already looking for you.
“You’ll never guess what happened.”
Then the two of you disappear into somebody’s room for the next hour.
By the time you come back…
Everyone knows you’ve just spent sixty minutes talking about one singular thing.
“What’d y’all talk about?”
“That tells me absolutely nothing.”
Hyui is also the biggest enabler.
“I kinda wanna go get boba.”
He’s already grabbing his shoes.
“I kinda wanna decorate my room.”
“…Let’s maybe think about that one.”
The answer is almost always,
Because he just loves doing things with you.
He doesn’t really care what it is.
As long as you’re both laughing by the end of it.
The two of you are absolutely terrible influences on each other.
If one of you starts laughing…
The other immediately loses it.
If one of you gets distracted…
Now you’re both distracted.
The other is already recording.
The members have honestly accepted that leaving the two of you alone is probably a bad idea.
“Because they’re being suspiciously quiet.”
That sentence has never been wrong.
But underneath all the chaos…
Hyui is one of the first people to notice when you’re not yourself.
If you’re quieter than usual, he doesn’t force you to talk.
Instead, he’ll flop down next to you on the couch and start talking about something completely random.
A weird dream he had about JYP.
Something the members did earlier.
Not because he expects you to respond.
But because he knows hearing a familiar voice usually makes you feel a little better.
Without even realizing it…
Yuki is honestly one of your favorite people to just…
Not because either of you has anything important to say.
You just somehow always end up talking.
It usually starts with one of you saying,
And the next thing you know…
You’re sitting in the living room with snacks everywhere.
Talking about literally anything.
Things that happened at practice.
Random memories from when you were kids.
Who would survive a zombie apocalypse.
The dumbest questions imaginable.
One time you spent almost an hour arguing over whether cereal is soup.
Neither of you even remembers how that conversation started.
Most nights, Hyui somehow ends up joining too.
The three of you have honestly become inseparable.
The members call you the Three Musketeers because once you get together…
Nobody else gets a chance to talk.
One story somehow turns into another.
You all interrupt each other every five seconds.
Nobody knows what’s going on anymore.
Yuki is also the biggest drama queen in the dorm.
“This is actually the worst day of my life.”
He gets one tiny paper cut?
“I don’t think I’m gonna make it.”
You and Hyui just stare at him.
“You are literally fine.”
He’s also the one who makes everybody go to bed.
The second he gets tired…
“Everybody go to your rooms.”
“If I’m sleeping, nobody else gets to have fun.”
“That makes absolutely no sense.”
“It makes perfect sense.”
You and Hyui always complain.
Yuki is actually really thoughtful.
He notices when you’re overwhelmed before you even say anything.
He’ll casually pull you away from everyone else.
The two of you end up taking a lap around the building.
Talking about nothing in particular.
By the time you come back…
Your head feels a little lighter.
He never makes it into a big thing.
He just knows sometimes you need a minute.
Yuki makes even the most ordinary days feel fun.
A grocery store trip somehow turns into an adventure.
A late-night snack turns into a three-hour conversation.
A five-minute Target run somehow ends with both of you coming home with things you absolutely did not need.
“You bought another plushie.”
“You said that about the last one.”
“…This one looked lonely.”
“You still came shopping with me.”
The Three Musketeers are somehow out shopping again.
