— for @hedreaming. set in sept. 2026, after the release of go back to the future.
it was times like this that made skyler wish his sister had the dreams to become an idol instead of him, but no. despite how much jenna collected the photocards and the albums over the years, she decided she wanted to go to dental school while he was the one who moved all the way to korea in hopes of making it big.
he stares down at the album in his hands knowing he doesn't really mean those thoughts, but at least if she was here in his place that meant he wouldn't have to go bother his seniors and ask them to sign albums for her. but this is the price of being a younger brother who cares about his family, he guesses.
he had purchased the go back to the future album as a gift to her regardless, as he had done with many of origin's other albums in the past; not that his sister expected him to, he genuinely wanted to gift them to her. though he still had to pull the phone away from himself mid-call and groan once she'd ask him if he could get the album signed for her by one of the members (or all of them, but skyler promptly said absolutely not to that idea.) even then, he still felt like it was worth it to see that excited look on her face whenever she got them in the mail while facetiming him.
that doesn't mean he enjoys the process of going through getting those signatures.
the origin members were nice enough, of course! he had nothing but good things to say about them for the most part. he just felt like it was a bit embarrassing—coming up to the members as if he was a fan and not their peer, and asking if they could sign something for him. it was even worse to think about whether or not they had come to expect this from him after the past four years.
he managed to muster up enough strength to be able to ask the first origin member he'd seen throughout the halls of kh, waiting for whenever he came across one of them in a moment they didn't look particularly too busy. this time's unlucky choice was one lim iseul.
"oh— iseul-sunbae!" he raises his hand in greeting, an easy smile on his face as he takes a few steps to catch up with the other man. "sorry to bother you, but could you…"
he glances down at the album he was holding again, his lips pursing together as he tries to figure out how to go about asking for yet another autograph. he just sighs at the situation of it all, before looking back up at iseul meekly, unspoken apologies written clearly in the way his eyebrows drew closer together and his teeth tugging anxiously at his bottom lip.
"… um, it's for my sister. again…"
