a/n: i hope you all liked how this ended!! honestly i was very nervous about how this was gonna turn out cause it’s my first sm au for tbz but thank you for the love and support for this first story of the series!! i hope you guys are ready for the next one though because that one has,,, a lot to unpack-
summary: after the curtain closes, you know that you are no longer the character that plays the love interest of Ji Changmin’s character. all feelings that could possibly be felt towards him could be you being immersed into your own character. how much of it was actually true considering you couldn’t tell what was real and what was acting.
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[3:58 am] “b-babe, wake up!” you groaned, voice raspy from sleep, as you slapped boyfriend!changmin’s hands that were shaking you awake away. He, however, did not let up as he continued to wake you up.
“What?” you finally asked, turning around to face your boyfriend (as if you would even be able to see him in the dark).
“I think there’s something in the house.”
“You think there’s--THERE’S SOMETHING-” You repeated once at first, before it hit you what he said. Changmin quickly put his hand over your mouth to muffle your yelling, hopefully not to alarm the “thing” he believes is in the house.
“Yeah, I woke up because I heard sounds and when I was about to go back to sleep, I kept hearing more sounds, and it’s not the air conditioning or anything. But you see, I don’t think it’s a person because of the way it’s walking, which is why I think it’s an animal.” He explained, his voice remaining quiet.
“What the- you’ve heard this thing in our house for long enough to analyze it that much? And you’re just now waking me up?” You whispered back incredulously, to which he nodded in response. “Well, what are we going to do now?” He shrugged. With a roll of your eyes, you began to take the covers off.
“What the, are you really going to go out there?” Changmin whispered at you in surprise.
“Uh, yeah? I think your analysis proved that it wasn’t a human, so it’s probably an animal or something, and I’m pretty sure I can handle an animal.” You said, nonchalantly. You were now a bit more irked at the fact that it was nearly 4am and you were about to battle who-knows-what that was roaming around leisurely in your apartment.
“Wait! Let’s go together,” Changmin quickly came out from under the covers, grabbing his phone to use a flashlight.
“Why don’t we just turn on the lights?” You asked, stifling a laugh at your boyfriend’s bedhead hair that showed when he shined the light on himself.
“Because! The thing might get scared! Now, be quiet and follow my lead!” He responded in a strict whisper, moving like a mouse through the room towards the door, ignoring the way you were rolling your eyes at him. Like spies, you both opened the door as quietly as possible, Changmin peeking his head out first before taking the first step into the hallway. He motioned for you to follow, and you followed while holding back a smile. You just found your boyfriend to be so adorable, with how serious he has gotten for something you thought was not a big deal, although who knows what was out there. You quietly followed in his careful footsteps, when you finally reached the end of the hallway where it opened to the kitchen and dining room. Changmin gasped, and you peeked over his shoulder, only to roll your eyes at the sight. You turned on the lights and heard a gentle “meow” from the intruder.
“Really Changmin? You got so worked up over a cat? Let alone, the stray cat we always feed?” You questioned, going up to the cat who immediately purred under your touch. You smiled, petting the little feline. You and Changmin saw this cat one day when walking home, and being the animal lovers you are, you gave them food and water on a daily basis, to the point where the cat now recognized you guys in the street.
“Okay fine, but that was before I knew it was the cat! How did it get in here anyways? Oh, wait,” He defended himself, caving in to join you in stroking the cat, which purred even more. He looked over to the ajar window in your living room right across, your eyesight following his. Changmin laughed nervously as you gave him a look, knowing he was the culprit who left the window open.
“Well, now what? This little baby basically made their way into our home now, so what should we do?” You asked your boyfriend, not even being able to stay mad because you had such a soft spot for this cat.
“Well, she’s already here so we might as well keep her here.” He shrugged, also falling under the spell of the sweet cat. The both of you smiled adoringly, watching the cat cautiously roam around your kitchen.
“You know, we aren’t allowed to just house stray pets here.”
“Kevin, why are you breaking my limbs, I’m literally right behind you.” You huffed out and stared at the male that was standing in front of you with a cheeky smile on his face, his hand on the knob knowing that he had something up his sleeve.
In fact he did, which was why when he reached out to Chanhee to make sure that you and Changmin would stay in the same room when his youtube video releases to know the truth. The day that Kevin was filming both of yours and Changmin’s answers for your interviews, he had a plan to get you both back together knowing that you were both too stubborn to even admit the evident feelings that lingered between you both, and thought this might be the best way to let it all out.
Hence why he felt as though his palms were going to fall out of his bare hands when he was reaching the front door of his home.
By the time that you both make it inside, you notice that there was another person on the couch and your instincts immediately almost kick in to leave, just when Kevin was already holding onto your wrist so that you wouldn’t leave. After giving you a silent argument with his eyes, you could only strangle him mentally knowing that you weren’t in the position to want to talk to Changmin at the moment, much less be in the same room as him.
“We’re all going to watch my new video together, and yes this was planned.” He grins as he makes sure to sit in between you both so that there wasn’t anything that could break out while the video was playing in front of you three.
And luckily there wasn’t as you watched how Kevin’s video came out considering you had always admired how well he had edited his videos, up until the part where the interviews finally happened. Your face warms up at the confessions that you remember making to Kevin as the only noise filling up the room was your embarrassment and confession of still loving Changmin and you could’ve sworn that if it weren’t for Kevin holding down both yours and Changmin’s arms down, then you would’ve left.
However, it was now up to Changmin’s part of the interview that Kevin motions for you with his eyes to pay attention, and a frown that was evident on your face spoke measures as you did anyways, despite the embarrassment that was building up in your stomach. You listen in for a moment as you watched Kevin ask him the questions that were similar to yours, up until there was a question that made you freeze in your seat seeing as though it had gotten serious.
“If you were given a chance to have a relationship with Bubbles again, would you take it and see how it goes?” Kevin asks, seeing as though Changmin had looked more serious by the time that he asks him the question as the latter shifts in his seat momentarily before nodding slightly.
“I’m scared to imagine that I would even have the slightest chance to take back Bubbles. I don’t think I deserve to have something as good as that in my life, knowing how badly I had hurt them in the past. I think that is why when she asked me to keep our relationship platonic, I was relieved because she was always and has been my best friend even before we dated, but it still kind of hurt knowing that there will always be those feelings that I kept only for her because she wasn’t like any other person that I have ever dated.”
The video suddenly pauses as you could feel tears pricking at the corner of your eyes and you knew that there was definitely a pair of eyes settling on yours, just as you hear Kevin mumble quietly that he was going to be back and left the room. Glancing over to your side, you see Changmin curled up on the couch with his knees up to his chest and he was already looking at you with glossed eyes that mirrored yours, neither of you saying a word as the video was still settling into your brain to process.
He still loves you, and he meant it this time around sober.
The silence and tension building up between you both continued to grow as you weren’t sure what to say, but there was something about how Changmin slowly unraveled himself to take a breath that you weren’t sure of whether or not you should speak up first.
“I still love you, Y/N, I don’t think I’ve ever stopped when you finally came back,” He breathed out quietly, sitting in front of you with his hands in his lap and you sniffled a bit as there was a single tear that you felt escape from your eyes while you reached out to wipe it.
“I’m sorry it took me so long to even say it.”
The fact that your heart was pounding loudly in your chest spoke more than what your mind was yelling at you to do, which was to kiss him, because you wanted to just let him back in again to see what happens if you both went out again. The only downfall was that you were scared of the vulnerability that you would be putting yourself at, and it might’ve been the only thing that was holding you back.
Your mind somehow was faster than you can even say anything, because you sat up from where you were currently sitting to reach over and kiss him softly, his lips fitting against yours like puzzle pieces that completed the other. Tears were now streaming down your face as the kiss you were sharing now felt different than the one that you filmed the other day, knowing that this was real and filled with lost emotions that were found again rather than a staged one that felt empty.
He was your missing puzzle piece, and somehow knew that he was your endgame even with the curtains closed.
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: CURTAIN CALL
chapter twenty: curtain call
a/n: last chapter before the epilogue :(( how are we feeling guys :)
summary: after the curtain closes, you know that you are no longer the character that plays the love interest of Ji Changmin’s character. all feelings that could possibly be felt towards him could be you being immersed into your own character. how much of it was actually true considering you couldn’t tell what was real and what was acting.
taglist: @sankyeom @viastro @mae-gi-writes @vibecheckvernon @escapewriter @catboyeatr @notmangojuice @anjcia @caibaby23 @bunnylover0193 @jaehyvnsvalentine @mochinyu @sunwoowuvbot @nanadreamies @sanshiine @gretzelle17 @moonlightgrlkev @parfaitz @elcie-chxn @sunzwoo @banhmi07 @allyg-onz @changnuggie @reverienostalgia @juyeo-on @mimaisiomai @seventeeneration @etherealbyeol @softforqiankun @younggwingss @caralice @fabshua @privyjk @deobi-pabo @lovecn @glxwingstar @winterbeartaehyungbestboy @propollis @tr8sure (want to be added to the taglist for a specific member, story or the entire series? click here or send an ask/dm to be added!)
summary: after the curtain closes, you know that you are no longer the character that plays the love interest of Ji Changmin’s character. all feelings that could possibly be felt towards him could be you being immersed into your own character. how much of it was actually true considering you couldn’t tell what was real and what was acting.
taglist: @sankyeom @viastro @mae-gi-writes @vibecheckvernon @escapewriter @catboyeatr @notmangojuice @anjcia @caibaby23 @bunnylover0193 @jaehyvnsvalentine @mochinyu @sunwoowuvbot @nanadreamies @sanshiine @gretzelle17 @moonlightgrlkev @parfaitz @elcie-chxn @sunzwoo @banhmi07 @allyg-onz @changnuggie @reverienostalgia @juyeo-on @mimaisiomai @seventeeneration @etherealbyeol @softforqiankun @younggwingss @caralice @fabshua @privyjk @deobi-pabo @lovecn @glxwingstar @winterbeartaehyungbestboy @propollis @tr8sure (want to be added to the taglist for a specific member, story or the entire series? click here or send an ask/dm to be added!)
summary: after the curtain closes, you know that you are no longer the character that plays the love interest of Ji Changmin’s character. all feelings that could possibly be felt towards him could be you being immersed into your own character. how much of it was actually true considering you couldn’t tell what was real and what was acting.
taglist: @sankyeom @viastro @mae-gi-writes @vibecheckvernon @escapewriter @catboyeatr @notmangojuice @anjcia @caibaby23 @bunnylover0193 @jaehyvnsvalentine @mochinyu @sunwoowuvbot @nanadreamies @haotheheckk @gretzelle17 @moonlightgrlkev @parfaitz @elcie-chxn @sunzwoo @banhmi07 @allyg-onz @changnuggie @reverienostalgia @juyeo-on @mimaisiomai @seventeeneration @etherealbyeol @softforqiankun @younggwingss @caralice @fabshua @privyjk @deobi-pabo @lovecn @glxwingstar @winterbeartaehyungbestboy @propollis @tr8sure (want to be added to the taglist for a specific member, story or the entire series? click here or send an ask/dm to be added!)
summary: after the curtain closes, you know that you are no longer the character that plays the love interest of Ji Changmin’s character. all feelings that could possibly be felt towards him could be you being immersed into your own character. how much of it was actually true considering you couldn’t tell what was real and what was acting.
taglist: @sankyeom @viastro @mae-gi-writes @vibecheckvernon @escapewriter @catboyeatr @notmangojuice @anjcia @caibaby23 @bunnylover0193 @jaehyvnsvalentine @mochinyu @sunwoowuvbot @nanadreamies @haotheheckk @gretzelle17 @moonlightgrlkev @parfaitz @elcie-chxn @sunzwoo @banhmi07 @allyg-onz @changnuggie @reverienostalgia @juyeo-on @mimaisiomai @seventeeneration @etherealbyeol @softforqiankun @younggwingss @caralice @fabshua @privyjk @deobi-pabo @lovecn @glxwingstar @winterbeartaehyungbestboy @propollis @tr8sure (want to be added to the taglist for a specific member, story or the entire series? click here or send an ask/dm to be added!)
summary: after the curtain closes, you know that you are no longer the character that plays the love interest of Ji Changmin’s character. all feelings that could possibly be felt towards him could be you being immersed into your own character. how much of it was actually true considering you couldn’t tell what was real and what was acting.
taglist: @sankyeom @viastro @mae-gi-writes @vibecheckvernon @escapewriter @catboyeatr @notmangojuice @anjcia @caibaby23 @bunnylover0193 @jaehyvnsvalentine @mochinyu @sunwoowuvbot @nanadreamies @sanshiine @gretzelle17 @moonlightgrlkev @parfaitz @elcie-chxn @sunzwoo @banhmi07 @allyg-onz @changnuggie @reverienostalgia @juyeo-on @mimaisiomai @seventeeneration @etherealbyeol @softforqiankun @younggwingss @caralice @fabshua @privyjk @deobi-pabo @lovecn @glxwingstar @winterbeartaehyungbestboy @propollis @tr8sure (want to be added to the taglist for a specific member, story or the entire series? click here or send an ask/dm to be added!)
