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Group Profile
Member Profiles: Moxy / Hannah / Juno / Aurora
Relationships:
Moxy - NCT / SM Artists / Outside SM / Mark & Moxy / Kun & Moxy Fun Facts / Johnny & Moxy
Hannah - NCT / SM Artists / Outside SM
Juno - NCT / SM Artists / Outside SM
Aurora - NCT / SM Artists / Ouside SM / Aurora & Jisung / Times NCT were Protective of Aurora
NCT AG Info
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NCT AG on Vlive / NCT AG as Dancers / Small Moments - JunoxMoxy /
AG Fansites / How To Handle A Homebody / Channel AG Famous Contents
AG’s Sleep Habits /
Lyrics Distribution
Something Like A Party / B.O.Y (Basically Over You)
NCT AG Writing
Tagged under #NCT AG.Writing and/or #NCT AG.Drabbles. Find the masterlist right here
Era’s
NCT AG
Time Of Day Series: Dawn Overview / Dusk Overview / Dusk Comeback Show / Time Of Day Overview / Time Of Day: Tomorrow Overview / Favorite Songs - Time Of Day Series / AG Presents: The Time Of Day Tour
NCT Albums: Welcome To The Jungle Overview / Emergency Overview
Moxy
NCT Albums: Moxy in MAW / Comments - MAW Dance Practice
NCT 127 Albums: Moxy in Loveholic / Moxy in Sticker/Favorite / Moxy in 2 Baddies
Stage Name - Moxy
Birth Name - Jin Mi Gyeong
Position - Lead Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Sub Rapper, Maknae
Birthday - Sept 2, 1997
Zodiac Sign - Virgo
Height - 174 cm (5'8)
Blood Type - AB
MBTI Type - ISFJ
Nationality - Half Korean, Half African American
Representative Emoji - Cat / Snowflake
Instagram - @ JMG96
Early Days
Moxy was born on September 2, 1997 to long time model, Jin Hei Ran and firefighter Derrick Thompson. She is the middle child of three and the only girl. For seven years, her family lived in Chicago until tragedy struck. Her father Derrick lost his life in a burning house saving two small kids. After the funeral, the family of four moved across the globe to South Korea so Hei Ran could properly morn and get help raising her kids from their grandmother.
Moxy attended a prestigious international high school where she was one of the top students academically. She was also a highly regarded member of the school dance team. Where her unique style was highlighted in several routines with the male members of the team.
After one of the teams performances went viral, several companies contacted her over night. She was invited to audition at SM, YG, JYP, and tons of smaller companies too like Big Hit.
Moxy sent her tape in to several companies but only got a call back from two of them, SM and Big Hit. She toured both companies but ultimately decided to become a trainee at Big Hit. Citing that Big Hit felt special and that feeling alone is what guided her to the small company. Moxy became a Big Hit trainee in 2011 at the age of 14, weeks after Jungkook.
Moxy is everyone's dream trainee cause she put work into everything she did. She easily gained the respect of the older boys. As they years went on, their family grew from 6 to 8 and all eight members were closer than ever.
When it came time to choose the final lineup for the group, it was more a question of if Moxy be in it. When the 8 trainee's were brought in and informed of the situation, the boys were quick to anger. They all couldn't imagine standing on stage without their sister. Namjoon made it clear that they all refused to debut without Migyeong
After Debut
Moxy was middle of the road when it came to popularity. On the flipside, she had tons of antis. The most out of all the members. Strangers calling her ugly. Saying she didn't fit in with other girls groups so she had to join an all boy group. Rumors about how she made it into big hit and onto BTS's line-up. All of the boys made it their mission to protect the sixteen year-old from any negative comments until she was mentally ready to face them.
Sometimes, BTS would get accused of not treating Moxy like the lady she is especially with some of their earlier content. BTS was put through the ringer within K-media and on the internet but every time, they had ARMY by their side. Coming to the defense of BTS.
During their early years, Moxy felt a lot of pressure to look like one of the guys. So she wore baggy clothes and binded her chest in a effort to blend in. Namjoon was by far the most against Moxy's decision but always made sure to check on after every performance so he'd know she wasn't hurting herself
The one thing k-nets couldn't critique was Moxy's performance on stage. Moxy hits every move perfectly while also paying attention to the small intricate details. Fans love to watch her fancams cause Moxy will accentuate certain moves that the other boys may not.
She has tons of famous fancams but the highest viewed is her performance of Idol at the 2018 MAMA. Not only was she really felling herself but her outfit was 10/10.
Moxy was unable to participate in HYYH Pt. 1 and 2 because she and her mother were involved in a car accident. A truck, driven by a sleepy driver, hit them on Moxy's side. Moxy was left with a litany of injuries that put her on hiatus for the rest of the year.
It was a long road to recovery. With the members by her side, Moxy pushed through every day on her road to get back on stage. The day she was cleared for light physical activity fell on the filming day of Epilogue: Young Forever. Moxy collaborated with staff to surprise the boys. The crew got video of Moxy surprising the boys on set which lead to a ton of tears and bone crushing hugs.
Puberty reared its head during her hiatus. When she left, Moxy still looked like a young girl. But when she came back, Moxy wasn't a little girl anymore. She came back healthy, ready to come out of her shell and stop hiding the body she was given.
Moxy made her triumphant return to the stage during Wings. This album marked when perceptions of herself turned around with k-media outlets. They were nicer and acknowledged her contributions to the group.
K-media has taken to calling Moxy two-faced, IN A NICE WAY. They are mainly referring to her being kind and sweet off stage but when she's on stage Moxy lets the beast out of her cage.
Facts
Moxy learned producing under the wing of Namjoon and Yoongi. She soaked up all the information they had until she started to experiment on her own. She's responsible for a bunch of BTS tracks over the years. Here's a couple of her most popular ones: I Like It, Tomorrow, Let Me Know, Ma City, Pied Piper, and BTS Cypher Pt.4
Moxy worked as a host of SBS Inkigayo from July of 2016 till April of 2017. She most remembered for being completely unserious in the face of Jackson Wang. These two were just on a mission to make each other crack on live television.
Both of Moxy's brothers are in the entertainment industry. Her older brother, Jin Ju Won, is a model like their mom. Her younger brother, Jin Hyun Ki, followed in his sister footsteps and became and idol. He is a member of Ateez.
Jin considers himself apart of Moxy's family. He calls himself their unofficial oldest brother and really leans into it. He frequently checks in on all the Jin siblings and has Moxy's mom and grandmothers number in his phone.
Everyone in Big Hit calls Jungkook and Moxy 'The Twins' because they truly act like twins. One is goofy while the other is quiet. They both bring out each others different sides. Moxy can get Jungkook to calm down while Jungkook can really get Moxy on ten.
When out in public, The Twins have a habit of holding hands that plenty of fans love to document. "I just like to make sure she isn't lost or seperated from us. It's become a bit of a habit for me, to keep her close. I would get really anxious and nervous when we debut but I took comfort in Migyeong being near me." Quote from Jungkook when asked about the hand-holding
Out of all the oppa's, Moxy is the closest to Yoongi. they both are quiet and like to work in peace but Yoongi just like the kind energy that Moxy brings. That's why Moxy is the only member with his studio password.
Moxy loves showering her boys with gentle attention. She remembers everything and she frequently observes so she'll know what the boys may need. In turn, the other members shower her with gifts. Mainly because they love to see the lovely blush that takes over her face when they do.
The boys are UBER protective of Moxy. Many make idols want to talk to her but they scared away by the boys judgmental stares. Despite this, Moxy has a few of male friends who weren't deterred by the glares. Her closest male friends are Bang Chan, BamBam, Yugyeom and DK
Moxy's favorite color is green, specifically sage green.
She's fluent in Korean and English. She's about 80% fluent in Japanese and is currently learning Spanish seriously.
She loves carbs more than anything. It makes it hard to put her on diet(but she breaks them anyway)
She looks up to 2NE1 especially CL
She's a huge fan of music full stop. She'll listen to anything and more than likely Moxy will love it. She's garnered the nickname of "Music Library" because of her ability to name any song she's heard within ten seconds.
Moxy hired one of her friends from high school to be her personal makeup artist. Her friend used to practice on Moxy between classes where Moxy saw her friends potential. At first, Hei Ran paid for her services until Moxy could afford to do so on her own.
Moxy has had her own apartment since she joined Big Hit. The boys loved to come over during their early days just to escape their cramped dorm. Her most frequent visitors are Jungkook and Yoongi.
Moxy has a few ambassadorships. Jungkook and Moxy are Calvin Klein ambassadors together. Moxy's also a solo ambassador for Balmain
Moxy is currently in a relationship with Jimin. They started dating during the Love Yourself Tour after circling each other for years. Nobody know except Big Hit and their members but its become a running joke with Armies that the two have been dating for wayyy longer.
Finally we have Hannah's tour!angst post!! I know it's been awhile but work got hectic but now we've calmed down a bit so I get my head right. We still have Juno's angst left but until then....Happy Reading!! ~ Author Izzy
Warning: I don't really know how to warn for this but the closest I can come up with is non-consensual touch and cornering. If anything like this is triggering for you, that part starts with the words
“Hi Hannah.”
and ends with
“Hannah!! Thank God! I’ve been looking all over for you.”
I'll bold both of these sentences so you can skip that section if you need to. I'll also put a description underneath the post of what happened.
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Hannah could taste the barbecue on her tongue as she walked to The Smoke-Out, a restaurant she found online.
AG had made it to the Dallas stop on their world tour. Sometimes the girls questioned the decision making in their company. This time they got it right. Giving the members the space to rest between cities provided a small chance to recharge and give their best performance for fans in each city. Which Hannah took full advantage of. Her other members tapped out after three full days of exploring. But not our resident Hawaiian. .
The exploring bug has hit her HARD for the entire tour, but can you blame her. Hannah never traveled outside the borders of her hometown.. Now she lives in Korea and travels the world with AG and WayV. It’s only natural that she’d want to see everything she could. Not bad for a girl from the island
After spending her last free day seeing the sights no one else was interested in, Hannah was walking to a fan recommended barbecue restaurant. She ran forward once the neon sign came into view. Touring around the city really works up the appetite. Luckily some of the crowd had died down and the dancer was able to walk right up to the counter and order.
“What would you like?”
“Let me get the rib combo and the brisket combo. One with coleslaw and mashed potatoes. The other with mac and cheese and brussel sprouts. Oh! Let me add a one pulled pork sandwich and one pulled chicken sandwich, both with potato wedges. I’m ordering for four.” Hannah laughs a bit.
“Totally cool. You wouldn’t imagine some of the orders we get from food bloggers. Your total is $74.35 and you can pay with cash or card.” Hannah tapped her card on the scanner.
“It’ll be about an half hour wait, if that's okay?” The cashier informed her but Hannah waved them off.
“The best things are worth waiting for. Especially food.” Hannah and the cashier shared a laugh while she moved to the side. While waiting, she took a picture of the restaurant's wall where dozens of awards and memorabilia were hung up. The dancer's phone camera has been working overtime with all the pictures she’s taken.
While scrolling through the pics she took at the Dallas Arboretum Hannah noticed two guys walk in. They didn’t order but one of them locked eyes with her. The look in his eyes sent a small shiver down her spine.
Hannah wasn’t crazy. She knew how it looked being a woman, alone at night. And that's why she kept her phone in her hand, shuffling closer to the security camera she saw on the wall. From the corner of her eye she could see them talking to each other but pointing in her direction. A part of her hoped they were nervous fans wanting autographs.
A text from Moxy took her attention off them.
From Momo Unnie: Where R U???
To Momo Unnie: I’m getting bbq!! Suggestion from Czennie
From Momo Unnie: HOW DARE!!!
To Momo Unnie: You were asleep when I left
From Momo Unnie: I could have been tempted by Dallas bbq
To Momo Unnie: ….no you wouldn’t
The two members bickered back and forth, distracting Hannah from the sound of footsteps coming closer.
“Hi Hannah.” A male voice said from way too close. Both of the boys were now crowded around her. The one to her left was blonde while his friend on the right had brunette hair. Hannah smiled politely but it never reached her eyes. Something about the way they looked gave Hannah the creeps. She could feel their eyes trailing across her body. She put distance between them, disguising the movement by rocking back and forth.
“Nice to meet you.” She lowered her head, bowing in greeting.
“We’ve been fans for a long time.” The blonde explained while inching closer.
“Yeah and we’ve always wanted to meet you.” the brunette continued. The smaller of the three shivered, their voices felt slimy and unwelcome. Hannah made herself focus on their body language, cause the last thing she wanted was to piss off the two boys standing between herself and the exit.
Hannah plastered on a smile, “Oh really! Thank you so much! One of the best parts of being an idol is interacting with fans. Especially ones we don’t get to see that often” Things got quiet after that. Hannah positions herself as far away from them as possible but they keep inching closer. Panic got her heart beat faster. There’s no way she could fight back against two boys who stood a head taller than her,
But that doesn’t mean she wasn’t gonna try if it got to that.
“You should hang out with us.”
“Someone like you shouldn’t be alone. Especially not in a foreign city.” While the brunette got closer, the blonde reached over pushing a strand of hair behind her ear then trailing his finger down her neck to her shoulder. Tugging her shirt to reveal bare skin. Hannah closed her eyes, forcing her body to still. To not flinch away from a foreign touch.
She flinched anyway when a new female voice took the boys' attention off of her.
“Hannah!! Thank God! I’ve been looking all over for you.” A girl ran over to the trio. She was dressed in pajama pants with converse and hoodie. Her black hair was pulled into a hasty ponytail. She barged her way between the two boys and hugged the idol. The girl grabbed Hannah’s hand, pulling her away from the creepy boys and closer to the door.
“Sorry I took so long, I went to the wrong restaurant. Have you been waiting?” The girl gave a subtle nod, hoping the idol got her message.
Some of the panic faded, knowing this kind stranger was trying to help her. Hannah pulled her into another quick embrace, “I didn’t wait long. I must have sent you the wrong location. I….got caught up with these two fans.” Hannah gestured to the boys standing together dumbfounded.
The newcomer turned to them and bowed in apology, “Sorry for interrupting. You don’t get much hang out time with friends who turned into superstars.”
“Oh, you weren’t interrupting and I am hardly a superstar!!” Hannah grabbed the hand of her new ‘friend’, grounding herself.
“Sorry for barging in. Maybe I could take a photo for you guys. As an apology for stealing Hannah away?” Both boys shook their heads and quickly fled the restaurant. Before either could speak the cashier called out Hannah's name. Both girls couldn’t hold eye contact with the other person. They just awkwardly stood there waiting for someone to make a move. Which turned out to be Hannah. The dancer grabbed her food and expected her ‘friend’ to be gone. But there she was waiting at one of the restaurant's tables, trying and failing to look occupied. Hannah and the girls' eyes locked. They both gave a crooked smile.
The idol made her way over claiming the seat across from the girl. Taking a moment to breathe now that immediate danger was behind them. Hannah took out her phone, texting her manager to pick her up. I think that's enough excitement for one day, she thought. Hannah took in her helper across from the table who was trying, and once again failing, to not look at the idol in awe. The singer discreetly observed the fan while sending the restaurant’s address to her manager. Hannah noticed the cinnamaroll photocard holder with a pc of her face protected inside.
“I must have a new perfume on because I keep attracting fans tonight.” The girl's hands flew to the holder in an effort to cover it up. Panicked eyes met hers.
The girl shook her head frantically, “I promise I’m not like those guys back there! I saw you cornered and I barely registered you were…..the Hannah of NCT AG. I just wanted to help.” Her words trailed off at the end, her cheeks turned red in embarrassment. Hannah couldn't hold back a laugh.
“You don’t have to be embarrassed. Honestly I don’t meet many people who are fans of myself. What’s your name?”
The girl's blush spread covering her ears, “I’m E-Emerald. Emmy for short. I’ve been a fan for a while now. Especially of you. WayV’s my favorite subunit and you kill every performance I’ve seen.” She could tell Emerald wanted to say more but was holding back.
It felt good. Seeing someone genuinely happy to meet her. Performing in Korea helped her develop a thick skin. It hurts when you can tell nobodies there for you. But being on this tour reminded Hannah that she was loved. Emerald was living, breathing proof.
“It’s nice to meet you, Emerald. And I have to thank you for the save back there. Is there anything I can do? Buy you food or something to drink.” The girl shook her head again.
“It’s what any decent person would do for another. I can’t accept thanks for basic human kindness.” Hannah tried to offer more things but every time Emerald refused. Seeing she was fighting a losing battle, Hannah moved to getting to know the fan in front of her. She asked about her life in Dallas, what her hobbies were, ect. With every question Emmy opened up more. She even asked questions of her own. Mainly about Hannah’s management of two groups with equally hectic schedules.
“My best friend, who wasn’t a K-pop fan, changed her mind about NCT after listening to Basically Over You.” Emerald gushed to the idol.
“You got your friend into NCT because of us?? That’s amazing!! I guess I’ll see you both tomorrow then?” Hannah was mistaken as she watched the other girl's face fall.
Emerald shook her head, “We couldn’t get tickets. I heard the rumors about an AG tour but nobody could confirm. So I saved up for Dream’s concert. Now that my friend is into NCT we went to look for tickets but it was sold out.” Emerald perked up a bit, “It’s okay. My friend and I are planning a sleep and stalk night. We’re gonna be all over the official hashtag for videos. One of the good things about international fans, everyone posts on their socials.” The conversation got cut off by a honking horn. Outside, Hannah could see two of her managers in the front seats. .
Knowing her time with her bias was over, Emerald sighed. But Hannah couldn’t just leave her fan with nothing.
“Could you wait here for a moment?” Hannah grabbed her food and jogged outside to the van. She climbed into the back seat rummaging around for something.
“Looking for something Hannah-ssi?”
“Yeah…Where are those extra tickets we keep?” One of the managers opened the glove box, pulling the tickets out.
“Do you need them for some….thing” He couldn’t even finish his sentence before Hannah snatched the tickets and jogged back inside. Emerald had grabbed her purse when Hannah stopped in front of her.
“I know you told me that I couldn’t do anything for you but actually….I can.” Hannah watched amused while Emerald stared at the tickets dumbfounded. Her mouth fell open and her eyes wide. They flicked between Hannah and the tickets, unsure of what to do.
“I hope you know I refuse to take these back to the car. I guess you’ll just have to take them.” Hannah placed the tickets in Emerald's hand with a smile. “Thank you again for your help back there. Enjoy the concert tomorrow! I’ll be looking for you both.” Hannah waved, jogging back to her van and hopping in. Emerald stood in disbelief, eyes moving between the tickets and the door her bias just walked through.
She just got tickets for AG’s concert handed to her……
And she didn’t even say thank you.
The familiar ringtone brought Emerald back to earth. She fumbled around getting her hand on her phone and swiping to answer.
“Emmy!?!? Where are you? I was at your front door but you didn’t answer. Are you home? We have less than 36 hours to mentally prepare ourselves for the biggest fomo experience of our lives.” Emerald friend, Peri said to a mostly unresponsive Emerald.
“Emmy? You good?” Peri asked.
“Peri…..Change of plans.”
“To what?! There is NO WAY I’m missing—” “YOU'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING!!!!” Emerald interrupted before Peri could get her rant started. It was silent on both ends of the line. Emerald waited for Peri's reaction while her best friend took in what she said.
“We’re going where now?”
Emerald envisioned the look on her friend's face as she said, “We’re going to see AG. In concert. Live. In Person. A Day from now. We’re going, Riri!””
“Did you just say we're going to the concert?”
“I have so much to tell you.” Emerald said, smiling in glee.
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Summary if you chose to skip: Hannah while waiting in the restaurant is cornered by two male fans who block her from the exit. One begins to touch her without her permission before they are interrupted by another fan, this time female, who sees the interaction, notices that Hannah isn't comfortable and saves Hannah.
“Unnie-yah, You ate right? I didn’t see you grab anything.” Juno sat down with her full plate in catering. The younger barely missed the leader's wince. Moxy’s face snapped back into a neutral position when Juno looked up.
“Yeah I had some food earlier.”
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In Madrid
“Migyeong-ah, I didn’t see you eat today. You’ve had something right?” Soonjae asked her charge while Moxy adjusted her mic.
“I ate a granola bar Unnie. You know how my stomach is before a show. I promise to eat after.” Before Soonjae could respond, The stage director started rehearsal.
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In Paris
“What did you order last night, Gyeongie?” Hannah luckily was lounging on one of the beds in Moxy’s room while the aforementioned leader was finishing up her skincare in the bathroom. It’s lucky cause Hannah missed the flash of panic that racked thru older’s body while she thought of an answer.
“Uhh…..I got a……burger?”
“Really?” Hannah sat up, “I got one too but Kenji-oppa never mentioned getting you one too.”
“He must have gotten mine earlier than you.” Moxy walked out the bathroom, praying her face didn’t betray her.
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The members of AG and their tour crew were crowded around two long tables with piles of food lining each one. The group was celebrating ending the European leg of AG’s tour with a final show in London tonight. While her members and staff sat around talking jovially and devouring the food laid out for them, Moxy sat hunched over. Moving the food around on her plate, illuding that she was eating. But Moxy had been doing quite the opposite for a while now.
See, our precious leader has an anxious stomach. Sometimes things get so severe that the sight of food nauseates her. Leading to the rapper going on stage with nothing for her body to feed off of for three hours of vigorous dancing and exhausting singing. Nervousness mostly affects her before big moments in her career. Her first stage of Limitless. The first time she sang You Don’t Know Me. Her first recording session for Something Like A Party. You get the point.
It was never something she couldn’t manage. Once her worries were disproven, she’d take the time to eat and everything would be right with the world. Noone would be none the wiser. The first time it got real bad was during 127’s tour, Neo City - The Origin. Moxy was so nervous. Anxious over how each crowd would receive her. Everytime the boys offered her food she shrugged it off, promising to eat later at the hotel. Then she’d there and a whole new batch of fearful thoughts crept into her brain, taking her appetite with them.
This went on for a weeks. Regretfully, all of 127 were just starting to get along. So the boys weren’t tuned into Moxy behavior until it was too late. After the group's show in Phoenix, Moxy collapsed as soon as she made it backstage. Nobody had a clue what was wrong so Soonjae made the decision to call an ambulance. She was diagnosed with low blood sugar and was forced to spend the night for observation. The managers knew they had to get to Houston. They all could tell getting them to leave would be like pulling teeth so they rebooked flights. Migyeong got the scolding of her life from Johnny when she came to. She proceeded to get smothered within an inch of her life between the arms of Doyoung and Taeyong.
127 had a serious talk about what Moxy had been going through after the next show. Jaehyun and Doyoung paired up on ways to help the rapper get past her nerves before they got on stage and it worked. As the tour went forward, with her members help, Moxy was able to stomach small meals and snacks before performing. Anytime another attack came, she knew her members would be right there to help even when Moxy had to fly back to Korea for AG’s debut.
Before AG left for their tour, Johnny talked to her about keeping up with meals.
“I’m seriously Migyeong-ah. I do not want to hear about you fainting while I’m here and you’re across the country.” Moxy grabbed Johnny’s hand. She felt the same concerns but she was better now.
“It won’t get to that point and if it does I’ll tell Hannah. You know she doesn’t play with any of our health.” Moxy continued to pack. She missed her oppa’s concerned gaze.
Now almost a month later and it was worse. Moxy was lucky to fly under Hannah's radar while the second oldest fretted over Aurora and her healing burn. As she looked around at the others happily shoveling food into their mouths, it nauseated her even further. Moxy pushed her plate away, ready to escape the stuffy restaurant into the sweet silence of her hotel room. But her actions caught the attention of her dongsaeng.
“Unnie have you even eaten anything? Your plate still looks full.” Juno stole a piece of the elders chicken. The leader had to fight off the look of disgust. Then the question registered in her brain. If Moxy was in an anime, that one sweat drop would be right next to her forehead.
“Oh! That's just because….. I grabbed more food than I can handle. Don’t wanna be too bloated before tomorrow.” She rubbed her stomach to sell the lie.
“Are you girls excited?” Soonjae interrupted, “The crowd last night was crazy. I swear they’re the loudest we’ve heard so far.”
Hannah snorted, “Yeah lets hope we don’t get another crying session courtesy of Aurora.” Aurora reached out to smack Hannah’s shoulder but the elder ducked out of the way. “YAH! I told you that was because my nanan was in the crowd.” Happy to have the attention off of her, Moxy slumped down in her chair.. The nauseous feeling dulling down. Maybe once she gets to the hotel, she’d be up to eating something.
Yeah, she could do that. Just make it to the hotel.
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That hotel meal didn’t happen. After dinner finished, Moxy had every intention of ordering something small but the girls were called to the venue to do some testing and last minute rehearsals. They didn’t finish until 3am. By that time, food was the furthest thing from the leader’s mind. She crashed as soon as her body hit the bed.
Breakfast and lunch didn’t cross Moxy’s mind either. Even after a flawless show yesterday, Moxy woke up worried. She didn’t want to underperform especially when their fans had paid money to see them at their best. The leader went through the motions all day. Time passing in a daze of anxiety. She blinked and the group were being ushered to their places. During the entire opening, Moxy fought off several bouts of blurriness. The rapper was lucky her spots were drilled into her brain. She could find a formation blindfolded.
Nobody questioned if something was wrong……at least until the dizzy spells started.
Come on….not now… Moxy thought as another wave of dizziness washed over her after the girl group cover section. The results of her mistake had been growing and growing all night. Honestly, the stories of adrenaline doing crazy things to the human body was a fact to her now. Moxy had no idea how she made it through this much of the concert with passing out.
She couldn’t wait until the show was over so she could finally eat.
In the middle of the cordi noona’s helping her change for the next stage, Moxy felt her legs give out for a moment before she caught herself. The noona’s around her shared a look but Moxy waved them off. “Just lost my balance.” reassuring everyone
Come on girl……two sets then you’re home free.
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Everything was moving in slow motion. Every step felt like it took minutes. Moxy barley felt the hands ripping clothes off and replacing them with the ones she needed for the encore.
The noise around her turned into sludge. The rapper was incapable of distinguishing what anyone was saying around her. She didn’t even notice when her members surrounded her.
“Noona?”
“Moxy..can…..you…..hear……”
“Is…..-thing…..on.”
The world around her felt far away. Like she was floating into a dark abyss. The arena’s backstage a small box as she lifted off.
Moxy didn’t even register when she hit the ground.
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Her eyes opened to the concerned eyes of Soonjae.
Moxy’s brain caught up before her body. The memories of the night coming like photos in her brain. Skipping meals. Feeling sluggish just as the concert started. The dark spots in her vision as she looked out at the thousands of fans. The dizziness giving way to exhaustion finally taking her out. Confusion, recognition then panic rattled through her. She sat up but another sudden wave of dizziness almost sent her back down. Soonjae tried to push her back but Moxy twisted away.
The director ran in, “I don’t know how much longer we can stall.”
Hannah’s eyes snapped over, anger blasing, “You better find time. Migyeong’s not awake yet but when she does there's no way she’s going on stage yet.”
“Actually look who's joined us.” At Soonjae’s voice, three faces snap to Moxy’s place on the couch. All wearing different expressions: one pissed, one of concern and another of relief. They crowded around the leader but instead of assuring them she was ok. Moxy went against Hannah’s words.
“Yes….I am.” Moxy was finally able to say after the dizziness faded. She tried getting up but Hannah pinned her with a dark look.
“Moxy you just passed out. No way are we performing the encore.” Hannah was ready to argue back but Moxy glared.
“Good thing you're not the leader.” Four pairs of arms reached out as Moxy stood up, wobbling a bit in place but quickly steadying herself, “I was only out for a couple minutes. We’re going out there and finishing this show.” Everyone tried to object but Moxy just held her hand up. “I’ll take it easy but we are going out there and that’s final.” Nobody said anything. Well nobody had the courage to.
Hannah, Juno and Aurora worried over the leader's condition but they all knew she wouldn’t change her mind. Slowly everyone resumed their tasks. Three women surrounded Moxy to fix her makeup and clothes. Practically erasing the past four minutes from reality.
The girls ran to reenter the stage while the music started up for Our Time Is Here. Several mangers followed behind the eldest, making sure she made it to the stage safely. Before Moxy walked out, Soonjae grabbed her hand.
“Answer me one thing? Have you been eating?” Moxy’s silence was answer enough. She couldn’t even look Soonjae in the eye.
If looks could kill, Moxy wouldn’t be walking into a stadium full of cheers from the crowd. She’d be in for an earful when they got back to the hotel.
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Moxy stayed back to get checked by the doctor while her other members left for the hotel. Maybe I won’t get chewed out tonight Moxy though as the car pulled into the hotel's parking lot. The dread built as she walked through the lobby to the elevators. The leader dragged her body down the hall, feet sliding on the carpeted floor. She swayed on her feet, fumbling with the key to unlock her door.
She could feel the embrace of her bed close by but instead of a blissfully cold bed, there sat Hannah with a full bag of food and holding a phone, Moxy sighed knowing what she was in for.
“Oppa’s on the phone for you.” Hannah held the phone out for the leader to take.
“Taeyong-oppa?” She said, hopeful.
“No…..Johnny-oppa.”
“Shit…” Hope’s shattered, Moxy plopped down on the chair across from Hannah. The dancer focused on taking out the food while Moxy braced herself for a pissed off Johnny.
“Yeobeoseyo?”
“........Thea Marie Thompson.”
“Oppa before you start—”
“Don’t even try it, Thea.” Moxy’s mouth snapped shut. She could feel Johnny's anger through the phone.
“I can’t believe I’m talking to you about this. You promised me we would not repeat what happened during Regular promotions. You promised me you’d eat, Thea. But now not only am I getting calls from Soonjae but from Hannah about you passing out and still going back on stage.” Hearing Johnny’s retelling of what happened tonight made Moxy feel worse than she already did. Maybe things had gotten bad and she just didn’t want to acknowledge it.
“I did and it wasn’t going that far. At least I didn’t think it was. I…I was only skipping food before the show. I tried to eat after..…but things got hectic. And that's on me. My nerves have been getting to me and I felt like I couldn’t stomach anything. So I kept going because I had to” Both sides of the line were quiet. “I’m sorry for not calling for help.”
“Tell me why I shouldn’t fly out to make sure you’re eating before every show.”
“Hannah’s already got food sitting in front me.” Moxy looked out at the impressive spread Hannah was able to put together between the ending of the show and the car ride to the hotel.
“You should have told Hannah beforehand.”
“I thought I could handle it okay! I’m not some little kid Johnny. I’m a young adult who made a mistake and went past her limits” She heard Johnny sigh on the other end.
“You’re right…..You’re right you are an adult. But can you blame me for being concerned? Last time this happened, you landed in hospital with no one knowing what was wrong. I never want any of us to go through that again.” Moxy didn’t like to think about her last stretch of not eating. All of her memories revolved around the worried looks of the 127 members as they surrounded her hospital bed.
“I’m sorry Johnny. I promise to keep a closer watch on my food intake.”
“And I promise to help her.” Hannah chimed in, making Johnny and Moxy laugh. “Don’t worry oppa, we’ll get our leader back on track.” Hannah placed a container of food in front of Moxy and a fork. Before he hung up, Johnny told Hannah to take photo evidence of Moxy eating and send it to him. To ease his worries.
Moxy finally dug into the delicious food Hannah had ordered. It’s not weird to cry over really good food, right?
“So what happens?” Hannah asked between bites.
“What do you mean?”
“When it feels like you can’t eat. What runs through your head.” Moxy blew a raspberry trying to think of how to answer that.
“I guess….I overthink about everything. The performance and my vocals. I want everything to be perfect for the fans. I don’t want to disappoint them. Those thoughts…..they run through my brain like a hamster wheel. I get overwhelmed then my stomach gets queasy. You know what happens next.” Moxy took another bite of her food.
The members of 127 set up a code word to help Moxy through these anxious moments. Code: Underwater. Anytime her emotions took over, Moxy could text one of the members at any time. They in turn would help calm her down and get a couple bites of food down in Moxy’s system. The more she thought about it. The more the truth behind her regression became apparent. She was AG’s leader. Calling her older members for help with her anxiety felt like she was being a baby. Someone that wasn’t fit to lead a team, especially when they were away from home.
“Now, you got me to help. And anytime you feel nervous like that I’ll remind you that you’re a beast and one of the best leaders around.” Hannah shook her shoulders, getting a smile on her face.
Luckily, she has the greatest members on the planet. Who would never think less of her for having anxieties.
“Even if you made a mistake you could never disappoint anyone. Not us and much less the fans, okay?” Moxy nodded. It would be difficult reaching out at first. But she never wanted to worry her members again. Not when it can be stopped beforehand. Taking Hannah’s words to heart, The oldest began to eat with earnest, savoring every bite.
As they ate, Aurora and Juno joined them with their own food. The four of them crowded around the small table, sharing what they had between them. Moxy knew the younger two wanted to be close after she scared them today.
The members decided to screw bedtime and just stay up. They scrolled through instagram, played music, danced and even caught up with some of the members. They all needed a night like this. After all, the tour just started. AG had a long way to go.
After a successful three days in Seoul, two days in Japan then the show two days ago in Madrid, AG had finally made it back to Paris. It had been years since the girls were in the city of love for Breakthrough’s music video shoot. This time, thankfully, no creepy guys or horrible managers were in sight.
The members got to enjoy a day on the town before a stage rehearsal later that night. Immediately, Moxy and Aurora dragged their other members through the streets until they reached Miss Eve’s bakery. The older woman was beyond happy to see the girls again, this time all grown up. Juno and Hannah understood why the youngest member couldn’t stop talking about the pastries. They all tasted heavenly. While eating, they filled Miss Eve in on what had been going on since she saw them last. They even brought more posters and memorabilla to line the bakeries walls.
“I know you all getting big. Every year, more and more fans stop to admire my posters. I tell them ‘I meet AG before becoming famous.” Miss Eve's bragging had the girls falling out of their seats.
Before they left, the girls invited Miss Eve to come to the concert, her eyes light up in excitement, “I bring niece! She big fan.” Miss Eve wouldn’t let them leave without bringing more food for their staff at the venue. The girls waved at Miss Eve as the car pulled off.
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It’s been a long rehearsal. AG would be lucky to be in bed by 3am. Being at a smaller venue meant, readjusting every single performance so they stayed safe. Fortunately, the end was in sight. The director wanted to run through five more songs, but first was Cannonball. In the Seoul stadium, Cannonball had huge balls of fire going off all around the stage. Because of the size the girls were free to run wild. In smaller stadiums, everything was shifted and restricted for the girls' safety. The director would rather be safe than sorry especially with Hannah and Aurora since they were closest to the pyro.
Everything was going smoothly until they spread out for the second verse of the song. Everyone was tired. The lethargy creeping into their bones had everyone acting silly in an attempt to make it through the song Aurora was jumping along with her group of dancers near the left of the stage. None of them paid attention to how close they had gotten the pyro until it was too late. The maknae flung her arm out just as her previously recorded voice screams “Let’s Go!” into the empty arena.
Aurora smelt it first. She couldn’t place the exact smell nor could Aurora describe it. Can one really explain the smell of burning.
Then the pain set in.
Aurora's terrified scream halted everyone. Her three older members all flinched at the sound, taking a moment to realize that sound came from Aurora before they surrounded her. Encircling her between them.
“What happened?”
“Aurora what hurts?”
“Do you need a doctor?”
Somebody's finger grazed the burn spot on her arms causing another shrill scream to echo around the venue. “It hurts unnie, it hurts.” Aurora whimpered, clutching her arm close to her chest. Hannah catches the eye of their leader nodding her head toward backstage. Nodding, Moxy takes off to find the doctor. Without prompt, Juno turns her attention to the dancers.
“Did you see what happened?” Juno asked. One of them, a female dancer that has been with AG for years, nodded.
“I guess we got too close to the pyro. Aurora-ssi flung her arm out just as the fire went off. Her arm was only in it for a second, Could that much damage happen that fast?” The dancer asked.
“I’ll be able to tell you in a moment.” The voice of the on-site doctor answered as Moxy followed behind him. He walked onto the stage with his first aid kit toward the two girls and kneeled down in front of them.
“Hi Aurora-ssi. It’s nice to meet you. I had hoped it wouldn’t be this soon but that's neither here nor there. I’m Doctor Choi and I’ll be traveling with you for the duration of your tour.” Doctor Choi placed his first aid kit in front of the quartet, opening it so they all could see inside.
“Now Aurora, Moxy-ssi has informed me that you’ve burned yourself on the pyro. Could I see your arm? I won’t even touch it. I just need to see how serious the burn is to determine if you need to go to hospital..” Aurora looked to her unnies first. At Moxy’s nod, she held her forearm out in front of them for Doctor Choi to examine. Compared to her complexion, the burn mark stood out. The skin had turned red, some places puffed up and bumpy.
“Good news, Aurora-ssi doesn’t need a hospital but we do need to move her backstage for me to treat her.” Doctor Choi closed his case and stood up. Worry grew between all four girls.
“Why backstage?” Hannah asked while helping Aurora stand without putting pressure on the younger arm. The doc was already walking to the back, the members forced to follow.
“Because she has second degree burns. They need to be treated properly and I don’t have all the supplies in need in my bag..” At the doctor’s answer, four pairs of footsteps sped up. Doctor Choi led them to his makeshift treatment room and enlisted the girls' help in patching up Aurora's arm.
Through each step he explained what he was doing and why. First, they rinsed the burn under cool water. “This’ll get the pain to stop.” Next, Doctor Choi had Hannah gently wash the area to disinfect it. Pangs of hurt ripple thru the older girls every time their maknae hissed in pain.
Then, as carefully as he could, the doctor spread petroleum jelly across the entire burn. “This is to keep the area hydrated while it heals. I’ll also get some gauze with petroleum jelly already on it.” Lastly, Doctor Choi wrapped the burn snug enough not to move while Aurora dances but not tight enough to hurt.
“Now, as long as you wash it every day and keep the wound hydrated with an ointment or more petroleum jelly, the burn should heal in three to four weeks. You’ll have to wear the gauze during performances though. If that’s all, I’d suggest Aurora-ssi sit out the rest of the rehearsal." Before she could argue, Moxy agreed.
“Actually, we're all heading back to the hotel until closer to showtime.”
Aurora shook her head, “Unnie we had four more songs to run through.”
“Four song rehearsals don’t take priority over your health. Thank you for your help Doctor Choi.” Moxy bowed while Hannah pushed the group out the door, through the stadium and to the parking lot where a car was already waiting for them.
The ride back was quiet, all the girls were rocked physically and emotionally from what happened to Aurora but nobody felt that more than the maknae herself. Now that the painkillers were kicking in, the pain was ebbing away. But the sight of her bandaged forearm was an ugly reminder of what happened. Finally the familiar front of their hotel greeted their eyes. Slowly, all four women dragged their bodies through the ornate lobby to the elevators. The maknae knew after everything that had happened, there was no way her unnies would leave her alone. But she just wanted a second to process. Aurora tugged on her leader’s sleeve. She mouthed the words, Code: Alone Time. Migyeong pursed her lips but nodded, everyone in NCT respected the codes. When the elevator opened, Moxy herded Juno and Hannah to her room leaving Aurora to enter hers. There was a bit of push back but one look silenced them. Aurora closed the door and flopped onto her bed finally able to breathe.
With nothing else to do, Aurora took a nap, taking care not to lay on her bandaged arm.
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Aurora didn’t know how long she was asleep until she felt fingers running through her hair, gently undoing the slight tangles. Aurora could tell it was Hannah. Her other members weren’t ones for gentle wake up calls.
“Eunji-ah? You awake?” Hannah murmured. Her fingers were pulling away but the maknae pushed her head back into her unnie’s palm. A soft smile grew on Hannah’s face, fingers continuing their mission. It was rare for Aurora to let her maknae tendencies loose.
“You gotta get up. It’s time to head to the venue.” The elder got a hum in response but neither moved to get up. Hannah wasn’t in a hurry to rush the younger singer. Aurora was strong but that didn’t mean she was immune to shock or pain. If she wasn’t ready then they’d postpone until Aurora was.
“I wanna inform the fans…about what happened.” she sat up, stroking her arm softly, “I don’t want them to worry when they see this bandage tonight.”
Hannah reached over ruffling Aurora hair, “I think we can make that happen. But first we gotta visit the doc and get that gauze changed.”
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Hello this is SM Entertainment,
We’re here to inform the fans of a minor injury update. At the rehearsal for NCT AG’s concert in Paris tonight, Aurora sustained a minor burn on her arm. She is okay and has been treated already. Aurora has also chosen to perform tonight and will keep her arm wrapped until the injury heals completely.
Aurora is okay and urges fans to ease their worries and enjoy the show.
We wish Aurora a speedy recovery and good luck for the concert tonight.
Comments:
Not Aurora!!!
Glad they said she chose to perform
Omo!! I hope she’s okay
How the heck did she get burned during rehearsal
Paris czennies!! Cheer extra loud for our maknae tonight.
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First part of the Tour!Angst is in the books!!!! I hope you all liked it. I've been writing these since last year so I hope they live up to the work I've put in. Next up is Moxy so until then have a great day!! ~ Author Izzy
There was a massive lore drop for fans with the release of these teasers.
Aurora's staging in these teaser are just as interesting as Jisung's
In the first photo, Aurora's feet are completely unblemished. No blood, scars or bandages.
Second Photo: In the group photo Aurora stands on Renjun's left but she staring dead at Jisung
Third photo: Aurora is curled up with her legs wrapped around her arms. Her face hidden behind her arms. She's sat in front of Jisung's chair
Three interesting photos are included in her solo pictures
First photo: Aurora from the top of the staircase looks down at the boys standing in a circle.
Second photo: Aurora lays in the ground, her shadow extends above her. From her shadow, seven tendrils of shadow reach out in several different directions
Third photo: Seven burning flowers are in a circle on the floor. Instead of a eight one, Aurora stand in its place holding a perfectly bloomed flower with a despondent look.
In terms of fashion, Aurora's look was just like the rest of dream except her white shirt had ruffles on the collar and the sleeves.
These teasers were used, not only to restablish somthing being up with Jisung, but also to show Aurora's not right either.
For some reason Aurora's not affected by what's going on with the members. And it up to the fans to find out
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I really wrote this cause my AG lore senses were tingling after these teasers dropped. I kind of want to do a reddit post or tweet thread explaining what the fans theorize about AG's lore and their place within NCT's lore. If you want that let me know. Otherwise, Have a great day!! ~ Author Izzy
Impressed - A scene from my muse's past in which they tried to impress someone, successful or not
"The first moment that comes to mind brings me back to 20....18? The KBS Music Festival that year. Everybody had there own section of time to do a performance and SM wanted to highlight all of us. or at least try to. It was NCT, Red Velvet, Exo, and Hyoyeon sunbaenim's. It was a lot of moving parts but long story short myself, Juno and Aurora were involved in a couple of sections."
"First we did Punk Right Now with Hyoyeon and Red Velvet unnies. Then we were with Dream for Go/Boss and lastly we performed with Exo sunbae for their song Monster. Now let me preface this by saying I never got to meet to Exo members before this. I never met them during my training so they don't know me and at the time I didn't know them."
"Weeks before the show, a bunch of the nct members got together to learn/refresh our memories on the Monster's choreo. It was more like refreshing because who doesn't know that dance. When we gathered together to practice with Exo, I'm not gonna name any names, but there were a couple of confused faces."
"I can't confirm who said this cause my back was turned. But I heard someone say something along the lines of 'Are we sure they can keep up?"
"Now, I have a bit of a reputation when it comes to proving people wrong. I wasn't nicknamed The Shark during training for nothing. I would advise anyone who wants to challenge me to not to. Cause you'll never win. Cause I won't let you."
"I got so heated extremely quickly. In my head I was like, Who TF are you to assume I can't keep up. To quote the Michael Joradn meme, 'and I took that personally'. I out danced all those boys in every run though. I was mean mugging everyone in the mirror. I think I heard Johnny-oppa telling one of the exo members 'there's a reason Migyeong was called the shark."
"I don't take kindly to be underestimated. By anyone. There aren't many idols in my position. In fact, there's only four, Me, Aurora, Juno and Hannah. And I think that fact alone should inform everyone of how good I am at my job. You worry about you and yourself and I'll worry about me and mine. But I can guarantee I won't need to worry that much." ~ Moxy
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"I think it was during We Young era that this happened. Fans have always wanted to know why there are some scars on my left knee."
"For those who don't know I'm a pretty good skateboarder. One day, the dreamies and I were in the dance studio and Chenle saw some trick video. He asked if I could do any of them. I chose to be a cocky idiot cause I said yes."
"Some of the tricks I already knew how to do but there was one I had yet to try. The 360 ollie heelflip. Essentially you flick the board so it spins in a full circle. During this, you turn your body in a 180 to land on the board then complete the rest of the circle to face forward again. Not the most complicated but it takes a moment to get in down. Even then, sometimes you can miss the board or it could spin too much."
"So I bet Chenle what would be 50 dollars in the America that I could do all those tricks. We met up after practice at the skate park I frequent and I was nailing everything. Time came for me to do the heelflip. I had the blueprint laid out in head on what to do. I went for it, everything was going well........until I over rotated and completely whiffed the landing. I fell on my knee and scrapped it."
"Thing is, I'm not mad about the scrape. You know those are battle scars that I'm proud of."
"I'm mad I had to pay Chenle 50 bucks." ~ Aurora
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Request Prompt: And for the ask game, I’m picking impressed (it can be both romantic, platonic, or proving someone wrong). If you want to do all members, that’s okay, or if you want to do one for this ask, I’ll pick Moxy.
And for the ask game, I’m picking impressed (it can be both romantic, platonic, or proving someone wrong). If you want to do all members, that’s okay, or if you want to do one for this ask, I’ll pick Moxy.
Hey bestie!!! I hope your doing well too😘😘
Thank you for the ask!! I just read the prompt and there's already ideas floating around in my head so expect this soon!! One of them is Moxy but the other I'll keep a surprise!!!
Forged - a scene from my muse'e past that they think made them stronger in the long run
"What do I think made me stronger in the long run? Hmmm.....I think....that my parents divorce made me stronger in the long run."
"My parents divorced when I was four. They were together in college but they didn't see it going far. You know, they were having fun and after one night my mom ended up pregnant so they decided to make it work."
"But it didn't. Staying together for me...ruined their relationship as a couple. According to my mom, getting ready to have me just amplified as the bad traits she couldn't stand about my dad. That goes vice versa for him as well."
"Growing up, it never registered that they were divorced. My mom moved back to Korea to have me and for most of my life there wasn't a moment where I missed my dad. For the first ten years of my life, my dad lived in Korea before moving back to New York. I didn't even know my parents were divorced until I was......fourteen? Even then, my parents drilled into my head that it wasn't my fault. That it was on them that their relationship didn't work."
"The reason I bring this up is because learning about their divorce taught me family isn't just blood relation. Family is who you chose to do life with. My dad could have left us high and dry but he didn't. and I think that alone shows how amazing my dad is. He kept us in his life. When he started dating, any women interested in him got the run down about us and how we were in his life to stay. Luckily he found my step mom and she's just the best."
"I took those memories and brought them with me when i joined NCT. I was a bit weary at first but seeing them want me.....want to do life with me helped me trust them. In a way, I saw a piece of my dad in the members." ~ Aurora
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"Immediately, my mind goes to my brother. He used to be a model but things didn't pan out for him. It....jaded him on...any type of job in entertainment or fashion. He used to go long rants about how any those jobs wouldn't pan out. How my voice alone wouldn't get me far. That it was smarter to focus on ice skating. But that didn't stop me."
"I auditioned for SM. I got accepted and the day I left for Korea, my brother didn't show up."
"It hurt......to know he could do that to me. But I didn't have time to process why because I started training the next day."
"The day I left home for Korea made me stronger in the long run. I spent every waking moment with the thought, 'I have to prove him wrong.' I was so focused on becoming the best. To show him that I was different, that I could make it. During that whole time my brother and I didn't talk. Our mom tried to get us to hash it out but both of us faked busy to avoid each other."
"We finally talked everything out last year. That talk, just confirmed everything that I already thought. He wanted to protect me. From feeling the same disappointment he felt when he quote unquote failed as a model. We're cool now. If anything his pride in how far I've come has made him unbearable. He brags to all his clients about me, NCT AG and Wish."
"While it sucked to lose a family member for however long it was, it gave me the courage and the strength to make it thru training and thrive as a idol with two groups to her name." ~ Juno
The four members of AG just finished their rehearsal before SMTown Tokyo tonight. Excitement was bursting from them at the chance to perform Cowboy again since their tour. It had been an easy couple of months since the turn of the new year. The tables had turned for AG. Usually Moxy, Aurora and Hannah were the ones who busy rushing around to various schedules while Juno stayed home.
Luckily, or unluckily depending on how you look at it, Things had changed. Now Juno was the one rushing around the world on schedules with her second NCT team, NCT Wish. While Hannah, Moxy and Aurora were enjoying a bit of a break, Juno hand been to Thailand and Barcelona filming content for the groups debut and part 1 started today.
Aurora wrapped her arms around Hannah shoulders, making the elder drag her weight up the stage. Moxy's laughter echoed around the empty arena at Hannah's exaggerated movements. She went to make a comment to Juno but she wasn't there. Juno still stood on the extended stage, looking around at the empty seats.
Moxy walked back to the silent singer.
"Is it strange....that I'm not nervous?" The singer asked, still looking out at the stadium.
Moxy shook her head, "I don't think so. You've been here before." The leader gestured to the arena. "You've been at SMTown. You've debuted before. Sometimes not everyone gets rattled. That's just who you are. Don't question it." Moxy rubbed Juno's shoulder. Some idols may find Juno's confidence off-putting but her leader knew that's just who she is.
Juno nodded, "Yeah...Yeah, you're right."
"I'm always right." Moxy attached herself to Juno's arm and shakes a smile out of her. They bowed to the staff then walked back to the top of the stage. "The boys excited?"
"You can tell they're hiding their nerves behind excitement. I keep thinking about what to say; help them relax."
"Just remind them of who they are and why they're here. Thousands of wannabe idol could be in their position. But they aren't. And thats goes for all of us."
The girls stop at the top of the stage when they hear a cacophony of young male voices shout "Ane!!" and "Noona!!" They both couldn't stop laughing as the six new members of NCT ran onto the stage for rehearsal. Wide eyes and dropped jaws followed as they looked out at the stadium that would be filled with fans in a few hours. Moxy hugs Juno then heads to the back. The six boys bow respectfully to their sunbae as she passes.
Riku attaches himself to Juno left side, "Ahhh, theres my stage five clinger. You know I got used to feeling my arm over the past three hours." Riku clicks his tongue.
"You know you love me Ane."
"Debatable." The members laugh at Riku's despair over Juno's rejection. The stage director calls them to attention and Juno leads their introduction as they start their rehearsal.
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"Alright, NCT Wish! You're on in five minutes." Seven voices shouted acknowledgements to the warning. Several pairs of feet frantically moved around the room. Grabbing jewelry, getting makeup touched up, Hair pins being taken out and final layers of clothing being put on.
Before the newest members of NCT walked out of the door, Juno said, "Yeoreobun!! Gather up." The boys form a tight circle around their eldest. Their eyes met hers and the leader had to force herself not to cry.
"I am so proud of all of you. I'm not gonna give you a peptalk cause you don't need it. There is nothing else we can do to be better than what we already are. You know these steps, you know the lyrics and this is just another stage. Go out there and kill it like I know you can." Juno puts her hand in the middle with each of the boys following suit.
"Set It Up!"
"Shut It Down!"
"HANA DUL SET!"
"LET'S WISH!!" Spirits were high as the group walked out the door. Juno walked behind them like parent watching their children run free. The boys jogged forward, getting into position for their opening entrance.
Juno almost caught up with them when six bodies crowded around her. Wrapping her between their intertwining arms.
"We are so proud of you Juno!" From Taeyong.
"You're finally debuting!!" Jungwoo said with a huge smile.
"You're gonna be amazing out there! i just know it." Winwin ruffled her hair
"And Wish is gonna be amazing. Especially with you and Sion leading." Doyoung smoothed out the mess Winwin made. But Jaehyun yanked Juno into his side, proceeding to mess up her hair again.
"Come on! We all know they're gonna kill it." Juno used all her strength to shove Jaehyun off only to end up in Mark's arms.
"We just wanted to wish you luck before you debuted again. And I personally wanted to welcome you to the club of double debuts." Juno had to shoved her face in Mark's shoulder to hid her tears. It felt good to have her original unit surrounding her, congratulating her on re-debuting.
When she was a trainee, she never considered herself on the same level of her future AG members. Out of the four of them, Juno's dancing style fit with the girls better than the boys. But SM saw something in her and thinking back, she's glad they did.
With the help of her girls and the boss unit members, Juno became better than she ever could alone. She made strides that she wouldn't have made unless pushed to do so.
But she couldn't dwell on those thoughts. She'd end up crying and risk ruining her makeup further.
"We're one minute out! Where's Juno!!" A stage hand called out. Quickly, Mark and Juno separated. Juno took a couple deep breaths as she walked to her place.
In the corner of her eyes, she saw someone as she walked up the stairs. Donghyuck was peeking around the corner. He held two thumbs up then ducked around the corner, hoping not to get caught by one of the managers.
An easy smile grew on her face as she took her place between Sion and Yushi. It was Wish's time to shine
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A HUGE congrats on the debut NCT WISH!! I didn't pay for SMTOWN Tokyo but I did see clips online and I am so proud of them. I've never felt so much cute aggression towards an idol group before (Especially for Riku!!)
Thanks for reading and hopefully I'll see you for the next one!!! ~ Author Izzy
GLIMPSES OF THE PAST: a headcanon / prompt collection
because sometimes it's not enough to write about your muse's past and how it affects them, you just gotta write a little scene. these prompts are designed to be a little writing prompt related to your character's past, essentially!
send FORGED for a scene from my muse's past that they think made them stronger in the long run
send REMINDED for a scene from my muse's past in which they encountered something that reminded them of a difficult experience / trauma
send CONFESSED for a scene from my muse's past in which they revealed a secret about themselves to someone
send TRICKED for a scene from my muse's past in which they misled, tricked, or lied to someone
send IMPRESSED for a scene from my muse's past in which they tried to impress someone, successfully or not
send ACHIEVED for a scene from my muse's past in which they completed / achieved something they were proud of
send CHANGED for a scene from my muse's past that represented a turning point in their life
send DIFFERENT for a scene from my muse's past that they feel changed their outlook / personality / etc, for the better or worse
send CRITICAL for a scene from my muse's past in which they thought about / were reminded of something they're insecure about
send SCOLDED for a scene from my muse's past in which someone told them off, justifiably or not
send STRAINED for a scene from my muse's past in which they interact with someone they have a difficult relationship with
send SOBBED for a scene from my muse's past in which they broke down in tears
send LOST for a scene from my muse's past in which they felt lost, literally or figuratively
send BLINDSIDED for a scene from my muse's past in which they were betrayed or shocked by what someone did
send INJURED for a scene from my muse's past in which they sustained a significant injury
send AFRAID for a scene from my muse's past in which they were scared / under threat
send HELPED for a scene from my muse's past in which someone helped / saved them
send CAUGHT for a scene from my muse's past in which they were caught doing something they shouldn't
send BLUSHED for a scene from my muse's past in which they received a compliment that really got to them
send VICIOUS for a scene from my muse's past in which someone said something cruel that really got to them
send SWOONED for a scene from my muse's past in which they were infatuated with someone
send PINNED for a scene from my muse's past in which they were stuck somewhere, literally or figuratively
send GRIEVED for a scene from my muse's past in which they had recently lost someone / something
send MORTAL for a scene from my muse's past in which they had a brush with death, either themselves or someone close to them
After five long month's, NCT AG wrapped up their first world tour back in Korea with a three night run of encore shows
To really celebrate the ending of a huge moment of AG's career, the girls decided to make more work for themselves and change EVERYTHING!!!! The setlist, costumes, vcr's, the whole shebang.
As for the encore's story, The mech-shark from previous shows is back and has banished AG to the real world. The group has to travel across different dreams and collect more Dreamergy to get back to the Flat and destroy the shark once and for all
The show takes place over three days on November 4th, 5th and 6th. The beyond live was on the 5th.
While the group did change quite a few things, the stage set up, including the massive light rigged circle, did not.
VCR Info
Opening
The action kicks off as soon as the VCR starts. We're back in The Flat and Moxy gets thrown across the screen but she lands on her feet (Kindof like Black Widow). Hannah runs over and helps her up. "I though we took care of this thing."
Aurora flies by and ducks under the shark attacking dorsal fin, "We didn't really defeat it. We just sent our misplaced guests back home."
Up in the skies Juno floats on a metal disk keeping a watch on her friends, "Guys watch out. We gotta portal in coming." She jumps up and the disk transforms into surfboard. Juno lands safely and rides right into the fight. A sword appeared in mid air that Juno grabs. She plants the sword in the underbelly of the shark, slicing thru the underside of the shark just as a portal to the real world opened.
"JUNO!!" The other three girls screamed as they watched their friend fly right into the portal. The wind picks up, dragging all the girls off the ground and into the air. Moxy was able to grab ahold of a light post. Hannah flew past but Moxy grabbed her hand. Hannah grabbed Aurora out the air by the collar. For a moment the three girls held on but the winds current grew stronger and stronger.
Slowly, Moxy lost her grip on the light post, sending the three girls flying. One after the other, each girl gets pulled in as the shark roars in victory
Aurora, Hannah and Moxy land on the other side of the portal in normal clothes. They tried to jump back in but it closed too quickly. The girls heard a groan behind them. They ran over to help Juno stand.
"What do we do now." Hannah asked as the four girls stood in the empty alley where their way home stood inaccessible.
"I guess we go hunting for Dreamergy." Moxy turned around with her hand up. A black smoke engulfed her hand and shot out at the camera making the screen go black
AG ended up in the backstage of an arena once again. This time they stood in front of the lift as stage hands ran around them. Stylists were adding jewelry while makeup artist finished their final touch ups. A voice sounds from a walkie-talkie, "30 seconds till show time. Girls make your way to the lift."
A manager stepped up and guided the girls to their positions as the lights go down and the girls are lifted out of sight.
Rockband VCR
The girls walk into a garage set up with band equipment. Each of the members take a instrument.
Moxy takes Bass. Aurora sits behinds the drum kit. Juno grabs the lead guitar and Hannah steps behind the keyboard. Aurora counts them off with her drumsticks and the girls play a instrumental version a new song, Me Vs. The World.
The girls are rocking out when the camera cuts to a couple walking down the street. They look over and see that AG aren't playing real instruments, they're playing air instruments. The couple quickly walks away, shielding their faces.
Neo Got My Back VCR
Each of the members walk into the shot in outfits that represent the song they are performing. They stand together in the middle then a white flash obscures the screen.
When it fades out, AG are wearing outfits reminiscent of The 7th Sense music video
Solo Exchange VCR
A close-up on Moxy eyes as they open. the camera pans out while Moxy looks around. Finding herself on a sidewalk with a guy she doesn't know next to her. She stands in the same outfit the Juno wore in History.
The camera zooms back in on Moxy eyes. She blinks and we switch to Hannah who stands in small pool of water wearing. Aurora white outfit for On + Off
Zoom into Hannah's eyes. With a blink, we switch to Juno standing amongst a crowd of dancers in a crowded club. Juno looks puzzled while she wears Hannah's Let Me Get Me
With one more zoom and a blink, Aurora is on the set of Headphones in Moxy's white puffy jogging suit. Aurora shrugs at the camera. Unsure about what's happening.
Love Rollercoaster VCR
Quick scenes of the girls in happy relationships. Juno cooking in a kitchen, trying to avoid the tickling fingers her boyfriend. Aurora digging her cold toes into her partners thigh. Hannah eating dinner with her man as the sun sets. Moxy slow dancing in the living room with her boyfriend
A storm brews in the sky and a bolt of lightning strikes across the screen. Now the relationships aren't so happy anymore.
Juno is screaming, throwing plates and glasses at her boyfriend. Aurora crying, her face buried in her hands as her boyfriend yells at her. A single tear rolls down Hannah's face, realizing that her boyfriend is missing another dinner. Moxy and her partner standing in the living room screaming in each others faces.
Moxy keeps screaming as her boyfriends quiets. The camera circles them and focuses on Moxy face over his shoulder as a hand smacks across her face. Moxy falls to the ground holding her cheek. Shock in her eyes. The camera pans out and fades to black
Love Myself Mini VCR
the girls stand in a field tall grass in white outfits. The wind flows thru their hair.
Juno holds a broken plate. Aurora wipes away her tears. Hannah swirls around a glass of wine. the camera focuses on Moxy's bruised cheek. She smoothed her hand across her cheek and the bruise healed instantly
All four girls take a deep breath simultaneously as the camera flies around them and into the sky
Christmastime VCR
The girls walk around on a snowy street decked out in the winters finest. Around them families and couple play around in a winter wonderland.
Kids are sledding. Parents are making snow angels and snowmen. Teens are having a snowball fight. Couples are sitting together and sipping hot chocolate.
The girls stop in front of a snowglobe display window. In the center, illuminated by spotlights, was a huge snowglobe with a city skyline. White snow fell over the small city. On the base read the words Ncity.
The girls smile as snow begins to fall.
Setlist
[opening]
Breakout new choreo
Hit Me Up
Let Me Move You all four members
Emergency
Fuego
[VCR - Rockband ~ opening continued]
Ultimate
Breakthrough
Shut Up and Dance Rock ver.
Me Vs. The World (Freaky Friday soundtrack, New Song)
[VCR - Neo Got My Back ~ NCT Covers]
Hot Sauce
Phantom
Volcano
Limitless
The 7th Sense
[Mnet ~ Solo Exchange VCR ~ Solos]
Moxy - History
Hannah - On + Off
Juno - Let Me Get Me
Aurora - Headphones
Phoenix
Fly
[VCR - Love's Rollercoaster ~ Extended Stage]
Circle Game
Say Ok
Technically Single
Down In Flames
[Mini VCR - Love Yourself]
Back To My Love (OG song by Becky Hill)
Body Talk (OG sing by Foxes)
[VCR - Wonder ~ Finale]
Future Starts Now
Welcome To The Jungle
Give It Up Queendom Ver.
Cannonball
Congratulations
[Mnet ~ VCR - Christmas Time ~ Encore]
The Simple Things
The Perfect Christmas
Our Time Is Here
Show Ending
This video is shown once the girls go back stage at the end of the encore.
The girls stand in the alley from the beginning of the show. The each have a bottle of some pink liquid in their hands. Moxy looks from side to side before uncapping the bottle "Alright. Here goes nothing." All the girls chug the pink liquid. They all make faces at the taste but get it down with minimal gagging.
AG joins hands and a bright white light shoots out of their chests and weaves together, forming an arrow. The arrow dashes across the alleyway, flies up then dives straight down creating a new portal to The Flat. The girls celebrate, finally being able to make it home.
They walk through and come face to face with a sleeping shark. Moxy smirks, making a massive scythe appear in her hands. Around her, the other members also grab weapons to take down the shark once and for all.
The shark feels something tap his nose. The shark's eyes blink open to see AG standing before him. Aurora waves at him then takes her mallet and smashes his nose to pieces.
The girls proceed to destroy the shark that's been tormenting them and The Flat. Moxy cut off its fins before it could fly off. Juno cracked off his jaw open, leaving him with no way out. Hannah took the last blow, launching a missile at the sharks broken remains. Nothing was left except for scatter nuts and bolts.
The camera follows the smoke up to the sky and comes back down as the smoke clears. The girls sit on silver disk floating in the air, staring out at the peaceful Flat
"Its been awhile since we've been gone. We should probably get back before the boys worry and go looking for someone that isn't there." At Hannah's mention, the girls get moving.
Just as they walk to the edge of the disk, Aurora calls out
“Are we ready? For the future? Like what's in store for us?"
Moxy gestures for Aurora to come over. Once she’s in reach, Moxy pulls the younger into her side.
“We’ll never be ready for the future cause we’ll never know what's in store tomorrow. What I do know is with the four of us, I’m sure we’re ready for anything.
With that, one by one, they dive off the platform until only Moxy is left. Moxy turns around to face the camera and smiles. She winks before flipping off the platform following the girls into AG’s future
Outfits
Opening - The girls wear matching black leather outfits with platform combat boots and black cadet hats. The stars of this outfit were the customized leather jackets that had patches and trim in each members signature color
Rockband - This outfit was all about the plaid, graphic tee's and ripped up denim. The girls alternated between blue and green plaid mixed with denim jeans, tops and jackets.
Neo Got My Back - Each member wore outfits from their groups music videos but customized to their signature AG colors. Aurora wore the racing fit from the Hot Sauce mv. Hannah wore the red and white outfits from Phantom. Moxy wore her classic Limitless fit in green. Juno had a whole new outfit made cause the Boss Unit never performed Volcano. Her outfit was all black with an pink leather jacket and pink combat boots.
Solo Exchange - AG wore white/beige/light brown outfits. The pieces fit the girls performance of each others solos.
Love's Rollercoaster/Love Yourself - The girls were decked out in all white with silver accents. Moxy wore a pants suit with a sparkly sliver top. Hannah wore a white bell sleeve top with silver pants. Juno had a white dress with lace overlay. Lastly, Aurora wore a white high-low dress with a silver corset at the waist.
Finale - the girls ended the concert in white and green outfits. Once they got to Give It Up, The girls put on custom oversized varsity jackets with tons of patches to represent them and NCT
Christmastime - AG came back out in classic Santa dresses with Santa hats. They all had different necklines. Juno's was a sweetheart neckline without straps and a shawl over top. Moxy had a classic v-neck. Hannah's was a halter. and Aurora had a sweetheart neckline with a jacket overtop
Extra(s)
On the day of the concert, The AG Youtube channel posted the first of the many behind the scenes videos of the girls working with their staff planning the whole concert. Showing fans everything that has been released was planned in advance by the girls
netizens all over, while they've been enjoying the content, expressed concerns over the schedule. Especially now that they know AG juggled with the schedules of their various unit schedules as well.
TO celebrate the girls finishing their tour back in Korea, AG's Exhibition added outfits from the tour. The various screens around the space played performances from the Time Of Day Tour: Live in Los Angeles dvd
The AG staff hosted a dance competition with the fans. Fans were asked to get into teams of four and dance to a chosen AG title track. Whoever was chosen as the best group, their video would be posted to the AG Instagram and TikTok
The dress code for the both days of the concert was Neo Pearl Champagne. The girls wanted the whole stadium covered in green and they delivered once again.
Fans were not ready for how many changes the girls made. The encore was basically a brand new show. Twitter, or i guess X, was alight with users posting videos and updates for the whole two and a half hours.
After the opening vcr, The show started with the lights off. Smoke fills the stage. Very quickly, four white spotlights shined at the top of the stage. illuminating the smoke billowing across the floor. Taeyong's voice resonated across the stadium as he introduced the four members. With each name, the girls rose up from the floor.
Breakout kicked off the show with brand new choreography. This time AG added more step moves and they had a producer remix the song as well.
Second surprise: Ag performed Let Me Move You with choreography for all four members.
Out of all their solo/duo songs, fan were wishing to see Let Me Move You as a four members song and the girls delivered.
The next section included all of AG's rock inspired songs. Along with Ultimate and Breakout, for the first time, Shut Up and Dance debuted a rock version that really played up the guitar.
During the encore AG also debuted new songs they wrote while on the road. And up first is Aurora's
Our resident maknae wanted to write a song a la Avril Lavigne circa 2003. And that's how Me Vs. The World was born. Its a song about those days when the world won't let you win and you just want everyone to leave you alone until the days over.
in the middle of the stage a single mic rose from the floor. During the song, AG push and shove each other to sing into the mic while the other parade around the stage engaging with fans.
The crowd lost their MINDS when the members came out in their outfits for the NCT covers section.
Juno and Taeyong worked together on new choreography for Volcano. The singer wanted to do something new because all the fans have seen Boss.
To end this section, the girls decided to really show off and perform The 7th Sense. In a higher octave! Anyone who still said AG didn't belong in NCT were immediately silenced with this performance cause the girls KILLED! IT!!!!
AG wanted this encore to be about once in a lifetime stages. Performances that may never be seen again so any fan who was watching, online or in person, felt like they got their money's worth. So they all decided to switch solo songs by drawing straws.
Most fans rank Moxy above Aurora on their rapping skill but when stood on the stage and performed Headphones flawlessly, alot of people had to reconsider their ranking. (Like why rank them at all, theres only two of them.)
Hannah surprised everyone with the emotion she poured into her performance of On + Off. Her experience with contemporary dance really elevated the choreography
Out of all the members, fans praised Juno the most. It can be challenging to do a song with complicated choreography but Juno looked like she barely broke a sweat. The singers come a long way from her early days in NCT
In the next section, AG performs all their lower tempo love songs but with a surprise at the end. AG debuted the next two new songs written by them.
Say Ok was stripped down and reworked into an all acoustic track with Hannah playing the acoustic guitar on stage with them (Giving off early TSwift vibes)
After another vcr, the girls performed the new songs. Back To My Love and Body Talk both have a theme of loving yourself. More like learning to love yourself. Realizing you don't need anyone adding toxicity to your life
Moxy worked on both of the new songs. She did Body Talk with Juno and Back To My Love with Hannah.
In the finale, AG performed Give It Up. The version the group did for Queendom. AG decided to save the dance performance version for special occasions like their encore concert.
To end the show, The members decided to perform a new Christmas song along with their previously released one. The song, called The Perfect Christmas, was recorded while the girls were in California.
To celebrate the end of the tour, SM released two albums. The first was the live album that was recorded at their L.A show.
The second album was called Time Of Day: AG Presents. The album consisted of studio recordings the new songs debuted in concert. It was released in December, a week before Christmas.
Tracklist: Let Me Move You (4 Member Ver.), Shut Up And Dance (Rock Ver.), Take A Hint, Body Talk, All About Us, Back To My Love, Me vs. The World, Wonder
The Perfect Christmas was added as a bonus track on streaming platforms. On Christmas Eve, AG's Youtube channel dropped the music video for the song. Where the girls are walking through a picturesque city during Christmas on their way to a holiday party with all the members of NCT (The og song is from the Cheetah Girls Christmas album just like AG's last Christmas song)
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and with that, AG's first tour is OVAH!!! I hope you enjoyed reading my ideas of the concert. Both posts were a lot of fun to write but it's gonna be awhile before another one!! I have more stories from the tour that'll be posted within the next two months so thank you for waiting patiently!! Thank you for reading and have a great day! ~ Author Izzy
"So there's just one more thing you guys need to know about know that you're offically NCT members." Juno walks over to her bag and retrieves a book with a laminated cover. Tossing the book into Sion awaiting hands, Wish's leader turns it over to read the title.
"The NCT Codes??" Sion glances from the book to his fellow leader, confused but curious. His other members scoot closer, all of them closing in to get a good look at the book too.
"The NCT Codes. We didn't have a legit book up until a couple of months ago but the leaders and I figured it was better to give you guys a guide to how we operate." Juno took a seat in front of them and grabbed the book from Sion's hands.
"NCT is a group of 30 people with complex personalities. Sometimes its hard to share what's going on, you don't feel like talking and you want everyone to leave you alone for an hour or two. That's what the codes are for. It signals to every member what you want or need." Juno flipped to the the first page before handing the book back to the boys.
"You don't have to memorize all of them cause they're are alot. But the first three or four pages have the most relevant ones that you all should know." Instead of going back to practice, Juno took time to explain some of the codes the boys asked about
Code: Missing [inset item here]
"Between the thirty of us, there's a ton of places where items can get lost. This code just lets the members what to look out for. Make sure if you use it to send the code with a description or picture of the item."
Code: Eminem
"This is for anytime you wanna hang out with the members after a long day. This usually leads to a big movie night with a bunch of junk food so just be ready for that."
Code: Knights Of The Round Table
"A special code for the leaders and their second-in commands. This one if used frequently to go over scheduling so everyone knows where the others are. Sion-ah from now on, we'll both be attending these meetings together."
Code: Parental Supervision
"Whenever your doing something but you want one of the leaders there with you, use that code and whoever's free will show up. I want you all to remembers there's no shame in using this. A lot of us use Parental Supervision when we have to deal with managers or show runners we'd rather not be around alone.
Code: Sick Leave
"Self-explanatory but if any of you are sick, please tell us so we can help if we can.
Code: Alone Time
"Use this anytime you want a moment alone. There's also another code to use when your ready to be around people again."
Code: Wardrobe Malfunction
"If your unsure or uncomfortable in any wardrobe choices the stylists have made, Use this code. One of the leaders or a hyung will get everything sorted."
This kept going for a while, The boys asking about codes while Juno explained their uses. Some were funny, painting a portraits of the moments that lead to it creation. Others were more sobering. Those ones showed the new members what their older members had been through to get to the present.
"Ane, Did you write this last one." Sakuya flipped to the back of the book. The last six pages were blank except for some familiar handwriting . Sakuya could tell Juno's script anywhere. No matter what language she was writing in, it always looked pretty and polished. Ryo looked over his shoulder to see what was written.
"Code: Ane? What's this for?"
"Code: Ane is a NCT Wish only code. That's what the blank pages are for. Every group has their own book where they can write down codes specific to their sub-unit. These blank pages are for us and I figured as leader, I'd come up with the first one." Juno moved closer to the boys taking a seat between Ryo and Riku.
"Code: Ane is for any of you to use whenever you need me. You drop the code and I'm gonna come running as fast as I can." Even though they haven't been together long, Juno's top priority was reminding her boys they can trust her. That they could lean on her.
Trust was something Moxy fostered quickly with the members of AG. The tight knit relationship Moxy cultivated between the four women was why Juno looked up to her a leader. She wanted at create a space where the boys could rely on her but also joke and play around with her like little brothers do with their sisters.
And she planned on proving it every day.
"Alright, enough reading. Lets get back to practice." All the boys whined enjoying having a break but they still got back into their places. They had a debut to prepare for.
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MORE WISHxJuno CONTENT!!! I'm so excited for their debut. I'm considering getting the SMTown Tokyo beyond live so I can see their debut!!! We better get NASA as well.
Also, New Juno header!! I knew I had to redo it as soon as Wish was confirmed. I think I'm gonna keep the other one to use anytime I write about Juno with the Boss!Unit.
I decided to make the NCT Codes and official thing in this universe. At first it was something fun to throw in but now they feel more important to AG's universe. I'll probably weave in more codes as time goes on.
Anyways this has gotten long, I hope you have a great day and happy reading ~ Author Izzy
As six boys draped in white look out on the rising green sun behind a crashing blue ocean, unknowingly, two women have their eyes trained on them from the roof of the white house the six boys stand in front of.
Moxy looked from her friend to the six boys. She could see the longing in Juno eyes.
"That's them?"
Juno nodded.
Moxy could help but smile, "They're young...."
"Yeah..." Juno could barely get the word out without getting choked up. "That's...why they need me. Somebody has to protect them and it can't be any of you."
Moxy shook her head, "Are you sure your ready?
"Of course I am!" Juno took offense to the question. Moxy held her hand up to show her friends the question wasn't meant to insult her.
"Hey, I'm just asking cause you've never gone this far before. If they ever get curious....about why they can't find you anywhere else beside in here, you have to make them forget. And its gonna suck. We're all lucky it hasn't happened yet. Are you ready for that?"
Juno was quiet for a while but in her heart of hearts she knew what she wanted. She was tired of being the only one of the girls without friends to visit. Friends who look forward to seeing her and spending time with her.
She wanted that.
"I'm ready."
With the a blink the two women disappeared from the dream just before one of the boys could turn around and stare curiously at the empty roof.
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So I imagine this being a separate video uploaded to the AG channel on the same day as the NCT: Dream Contact 'Our WISH' video. This is a hint as to AG's place in NCT's lore. I'll probably explain it further in the future but not right now. I’m deep in the middle of editing posts so thanks for your patience. Anyway's I hope you guys enjoy and you have a wonderful day!! ~Author Izzy
"I'm gonna kill the company." Haechan's eyes followed his fellow members figure as she paced back and forth in the living room of his home. Juno had stormed into his house a mere thirty minutes after he texted her about packing for the airport.
The woman marched through his front door, threw her purse down and had been plotting the downfall of SM ever since.
"You can't kill a company Juno."
"Then I'll get someone to buy it."
"Do you even know anyone with enough money to buy SM as a whole?"
"Have you met Chenle?" She paused her pacing to look at Donghyuck incredulously.
"I love Chenle just like everyone else. Unfortunately, He does not have enough money to buy out the company." Juno began to throw a mini tantrum, whining and stomping her feet. Haechan had to cover his smiling face with his hand. It was impossible not to find cute. Minutes later, Juno flopped down on the couch crossing her arms with a pout while Donghyuck continued to pack his bag.
He went back to his room to get his latest clothing obesseion, his loewe beanie, only to see the women now laying across his luggage case in protest. Haechan walk over to stand over Juno, trying and failing to look stern.
"You have to let me pack."
"You need to rest."
"I feel better."
"NOT ENOUGH FOR ME!" Juno sat up, eyes sharp in anger but they quickly turned sad. She walked over to the window looking over the Korea skyline.
Juno was so worried when the news came out about Haechan being sick. The signer was halfway booking a fight until Thea called to give her the rundown. The talk with AG's leader stopped her from flying out to 127's location but it didn't stop her worry. After Haechan told her he'd be flying back to Korea, she forced one of the managers to take her to the airport and pick the sick man up.
Mama Lee and Juno had been tag teaming, getting Donghyuck to do nothing but sleep, eat and drink water. Day's later, their hard word paid off. Donghyuck was better. His fever went down, his throat wasn't as scratchy but it still hurt when he swallowed.
Someone should have told SM the better didn't mean best.
Juno let out a deep sigh. Wishing there was a way to get the company off the younger's back so he can rest, properly.
Haechan made his way to her side, wrapping an arm around her waist and bringing her close. Haechan may have indulged a bit and placed a soft kiss on the side of her forehead.
"It's just a fansign. I won't be doing anything else."
Juno sighed, "A fansign which leads to a performance. Which leads to practices for dream then SM just takes advantage of you again and works you until your sick...again." She turns around in his hold to face him, "You need rest to get better. You can't keep getting to 70 percent then go on about your day." Haechan could tell the singer was serious about this. Serious about him taking care of himself. But its hard when it feels like your success as an idol is reliant on you being present twenty-four seven.
Donghyuck somehow pulled her closer, resting his head against hers. The pair stayed that way for awhile, pausing the world until its just the two of them. Juno wanted to fight more. Storm into the company and force them to let Donghyuck rest but she didn't have that kind of power. Not yet anyway.
She also knew her fellow singer found it hard to sit in one place for more than a day. The younger confessing that having her close made the time pass quicker. Made him feel less lonely. If that's the least Juno can do, she'd do it.
"Wanna help me finish packing?"
"....fine. I'll be making sure you dont forget an ounce of your medcine. Mama Lee's orders."
"Of course! Wouldn"t wanted to disrespect Mama Lee."
The rest of the night was spent folding clothes in comfortable slience.
And if Juno force fed him his medicine right before he got out of car the next day....nobody needed to know.
I'M BACK!!!!! Sorry I was gone so long, When I'm working I barely have time to write but know I have time off and I'm getting the creative juices flowing again. I still have a ton of AG!tour posts coming up that I'm in the process of finishing but when inspiration hits, I have to get it out.
Now just to let you know, I may have gone overboard a bit on this but Its as fantasy so who cares!!! Hope you all enjoy and if I post this before or on Christmas I hope you all have a happy holiday and if you celebrate a Merry Christmas! Enjoy ~ Author Izzy
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The Beginning
This world starts after Moxy and Taeyong resolve their differences
For a long time Taeyong and Mark would commiserate over their shared feelings on Moxy joining the group.
All their ire wasn’t just toward Moxy but also toward the company for just dropping this bomb on them and forcing them to pick up the pieces.
During those long nights Mark poured a ton of his thought's about the situation on his leader. How he felt like the company was already trying to replace him with someone different, someone better
Taeyong would always have to remind him that Moxy couldn’t take his place. But when Mark watched Taeyong embrace her as Moxy broke down
It felt like he’s was floating alone in a lifeboat while all the other members were partying on the yacht called the S.S. Moxy.
In the weeks after, Mark felt his envy for Moxy grow and grow. He would get on his knees every night asking God to take the anger away but it continued to fester
His blood boiled anytime Moxy got compliments on her dancing when they both killed it. His whole body itched when Moxy was showered with praises on her rapping (especially when they aren’t her words, they’re his)
In front of the camera the two put on a good show. Presenting a picture of friendship and kinship for all the fans to see. But when the camera went off, it was like they stood on opposite sides of an ocean. They couldn’t be further away from each other
The members preferred when they avoided each other cause it was like fireworks when they clashed. Mark and Moxy poked and prodded at each other. They nitpicked at the other faults for everyone to hear.
The younger members like Jungwoo and Haechan truly thought the two would never get it together. That Moxy and Mark hated each other and would never repair the bridge between them. They didn’t have to be friends. Lord knows there’s plenty of idols who only tolerate each other.
The hyungs though....They knew different. They were just waiting for the other shoe to drop
The Enticing Incident
The company sat with 127 to discuss the line distribution for Kick It. SM wanted to make a callback to the groups pervious title track, Cherry Bomb.
They planned for the first part of the rap section to include Mark and Moxy rapping against each other like they did in Cherry Bomb. Moxy was ecstatic for it. The last time they did a mini rap battle in a song it went viral. Moxy just hoped they could live up to the hype when this time around. their part was shorter.
Moxy left the meeting ready to do what she does, Slay. Her and Mark may not see eye to eye but they knew how to put aside their differences for the sake of work
Weeks later, when Moxy was given the lyrics with her part highlighted, she stormed off to find Mark. Instead of the original plan, now Moxy only had two lines.
One of the managers told her the switch happened after suggestions from Mark. “Kick It would be better if all the rappers had their own parts” were his words verbatim.
And Mark just so happened to get the biggest part while Moxy only got two lines.
The girl saw red. Johnny didn’t even try to hold her back. He even held Jungwoo back from calming her down. "They gotta get thru this. If there's blood then will interfere."
Moxy threw the door open to Mark studio and went off, “Look I don’t know what’s your problem but that doesn’t give you the right to take my lines away!”
Mark turned around with an innocent look on his face. But Moxy could see right through it. He was smirking behind that doe eyed looked.
"What could you possibly be talking about? How could I take your lines away?" Mark sat back on the couch, nonchalant to Moxy anger rising.
"Oh so you have no idea about my lines for Kick it being cut in half!!?! How about the mysterious meeting you had with the higher ups two days ago that Jungwoo told me about?" Moxy watched the boy carefully for any sign of hesitance that would prove her right. But all Mark did was stand up forcing her to look up at him.
"Moxy-ah how you possibly accuse me of cutting your lines. I just made a suggestion to the director based on our own talents."
"Says the guy with four lines all to himself." Mark chuckled and took a step forward.
"Look just because you're scared about pulling your part off doesn't give you the right to come in here and yell at me." Now Moxy takes a step forward.
"And now your insulting my talents!! I can pull off anything, What I'm mad about is going to the director and taking my lines." Mark takes another step
"Says the girl who claims my work as her own!" Moxy gasps, offended by Marks accusation.
"I have never nor would I ever claim someone else's words. I make it clear to every one who will listen my rap parts aren't written by me!" Moxy takes another step forward. The two feuding members stand nose to nose.
"I don't know what you have against me but you better get over it. Cause if you insult mephh-" Moxy tried to finish her sentence but something stopped her.
Moxy had her arm in the air using her whole body to emphasize her point. Outta nowhere Mark grabs her wrist and smashes his lips against hers.
Their first kiss is fueled by anger, just lips pressed hard against each other, teeth clashing. Moxy struggles a bit to free her arm but once she does, she pushes the boy away. Mark immediately moves back giving them both room to breath.
They both kept glancing at each other. Eye locking but never staying in the same place for more than a couple seconds.
If you asked, neither of them could tell you who moved first but in the the blink of an eye, Moxy arms were wrapped around his shoulder, Mark's hands gripped each side of her waist as theirs lips meet a second time.
Hands held the other tightly. Whether it was out of anger or desperation neither could tell, but lips locked again, anger turning into something new. Something unexpected.
Moxy was confused. For the longest time Mark ignored her, at worst he ridiculed her with jabs at anything. Her hair, her costumes, her slightest mistakes. But something about being held in Marks arms felt good. And she hated to admit that.
So many thoughts were running through the older's mind. Was his annoyance at his curly haired member all a lie. Were all the jeers and glares just his own, admittedly, bad way of keeping her attention on him and not on the hundreds of hungry eyes that followed her everywhere 127 went.
All of those thoughts were too much for him to process. So he pushed them aside to focus on who was wrapped in his grasp.
They couldn't tell how long they'd been tangled together. None of them coming up for air until Mark lifted Moxy up and carried her to the couch, somehow bringing them closer as he sat down. Mark doing all that without breaking their kiss sent a zing up her spine.
It was like a fog drifted into Moxy's brain. Clouding her judgement and obscuring her sight outside of Mark's lips on hers and his hands moving across her back. His surprisingly soft lips traced a path down her neck, stopping at the point where her shoulder and neck met.
Slowly Moxy floated back to reality, like a leaf that's detached from its tree. Everything came back into focus. She blinked, giving her a clear picture of the studio ceiling
Now, all to rapidly, reality set into place. The hands and lips on her skin began to burn. She forcibly removed herself from his grasp. Watching as Mark realized what they had done, he met her eyes for a moment but his gaze quickly met the floor. A rosey blush spread on his ear.
Moxy messily fixed her clothes and disappeared out of the door before Mark could even speak.
The Cooldown
I think everyone knows that Moxy and Mark are not confrontational. Well...Moxy's has a couple exceptions. It usually boils down to her family or her members being hurt, then the gloves come off. Other than that, She steers clear.
So you can imagine how the aftermath of the kiss went
Radio. Silence.
Before when they'd irritate each other with words, now they go out of their way to avoid each others. They no longer acted close on camera. They continuously dodged each other in the halls of SM.
This went on for months. The company didn't step in until fans started to speculate what went down between them. Forcing them to be act somewhat ok with each other which lead to some of the most awkward moments in 127 history. It became a joke around the fandom whether Mark has game or not
Avoiding each other is hard to do when 127 has a comeback coming up. It's time for Favorite, the title track for Sticker's repackage. After the fan outrage at Moxy's lines in Sticker, SM really made up for it in Favorite.
and with every stage, Mark slowly descended into madness.
Mark wanted to strangle whose bright idea it was to put Moxy in the shortest dress know to man
(Factually this is untrue but forgive Mark. He was on the verge of a nosebleed every time Moxy performed)
Between Kick It and now, Mark took the time to figure out what happened with the kiss. It wasn't a spur of the moment thing like he first thought. When he looked back at all the times they fought, He could pinpoint why he chose to bother Moxy. Anytime she performed, Mark knew she belonged on the stage with 127. That made him fell replaceable.
instead of remembering Taeyong words, he instead chose to make her feel as bad as he did.
Saying she stole his words was a low blow. Moxy was right, anytime lyrics were brought up in interviews, the other rapper made it a point to credit Taeyong and Mark for making her sound cool.
When he looked past the jealousy, all he found was fondness and admiration. A need to keep her eyes on him. A want to show off to everyone she was his.
Meanwhile, Moxy didn't think about the kiss again (a lie, the memory haunted her dreams for weeks). Because Mark never sought her out, Moxy took it as a obvious rejection. The kiss being nothing more that the result of heightened emotions. So she moved on. Pushed the memory to the bad of her mind and kept pushing forward
The Talk
One night after the first week of promotions was over, Mark made his way downstairs to the fifth floor dorm to bug Haechan but right before he knocked, Mark noticed a female silhouette sneak into the stairwell. He would notice that curly head anywhere. Mark turned in her direction and followed her up to the roof of their dorm.
Moxy was sat on one of the benches lining the edge of the building, looking out at nighttime in Seoul. Clearing his throat to catch Moxy's attention, her shocked eyes met his
"Can I sit?" all she gave was a stiff nod. But her eyes watched as he sat down. The two members sat in silence. the cold night air making Moxy shiver.
Mark draped a second coat on her shoulders. He coughed to avoid embarrassment, "Its too cold for you to be sitting out here without a jacket. No matter what city you grew up in."
"Thats rich for someone from Canada." the quip lightened the mood but the moment was fleeting. It felt like an anvil was hanging by a thread between the two of them. Someone had to speak or it would crush the both of them.
"Mark?" He turned to her, "Why do you hate me?" The question was tinged with hurt.
Mark reached over to brush a stray curl behind her ear, "I-I never hated you. Moxy...I was jealous of you. I was scared they'd replace me with you."
"What?" She said incredously. "How can you be jealous of me?"
Mark kissed his teeth, "We're extremely similar Thea."
"They are plenty of thing you do that I don't."
"We both dance the same."
"I'm half black. Rhythm runs in our blood, mostly. What's your excuse?"
Mark just ignored that, "We both play guitar."
Moxy couldn't help the annoyed expression appearing on her face, "How many people are actually gathering around someone who plays bass. I'll answer that, No one! They flock to whose playing lead and thats you."
Before mark could give another bogus example, Moxy cut him off, "Mark I could never replace you. Do you know how much I heard about you during training?!" Now it was Marks turn to be shocked, "Yeah, I heard about you all the time. And it was an honor to be compared to a trainee like you. And I'm sorry if anyone words hurt you or made you feel less than." Moxy's honest words brought unshed tears to his eyes. Moxy watched him as he held the tears at bay with a fond smile. The silence between them ease up, becoming more comfortable.
But Mark was less than comfortable, words were right on the edge of his tongue and he couldn't stop them from coming out.
"You know, I haven't been able to stop thinking......about the kiss."
Moxy's eyes widened a bit, hopeful but apprehensive, "Y-you have? Then why didn't you say anything?"
"I just figured out the girl I was picking on was who i wanted attention from the most. I think I deserved a moment to figure myself out."
Moxy smacked his shoulder, "One year of a moment, Mark?!?!" She kept smacking him, making him laugh. He grabbed both of her wrist to get her to stop.
"You're right." Mark whispered, scooting closer until their noses were grazing with every move, "A year in a long time. Can you think of anyway I can make it up to you." A furious blush rose on her cheeks. Mark couldn't help his smirk. Moxy was normally so fierce, Seeing her soft, almost shy at the attention was too much. He sent out a brief prayer 'be still my heart."
Meanwhile Moxy was distracted by the barely there kisses Mark was leaving from the juncture of her neck to the edge of her ear. "I....I can think a few things." Moxy finally spoke albeit breathless.
All of a sudden the sensation was gone. Moxy opened her eyes to Mark standing, smiling as she came back to reality. Moxy stood up slowing, realizing that Mark left her hanging on purpose.
But Moxy wasn't one to be show up.
She sauntered closer to him till they stood face-to-face. Moxy grabbed a fist full of his hoodie, pulling to eye level with her. As she leaned in for a kiss......
But placed a light kiss on the edge of his mouth. Then walked away
"Have a good night Mark. Hope you dream of me and what could have happen if you hadn't chose to play around." Moxy blew him a kiss and closed the door behind her, leaving Mark stunned.
The Relationship
Msquared are the definition of Hot n' Cold. One minute they're super sweet to each other and the next they're teasing mercilessly.
Mark turns into the simpiest of all simps when Moxy dresses up for red carpets. It's the only time she'll allow the stylist noona's to put her in a dress. And Mark goes wild for it every time
Moxy explicitly told Mark she wanted their relationship to stay between them, their families and their members for awhile before telling the fans. So Msquared are very careful when their on camera.
They maintain the distance that had before the their first kiss. But as the months passed, Mark created the image that the two settled their differences and now tolerated each other. That way he could actually be close to his girlfriend without anyone suspecting anything
They spend a lot of time in the dorms just hanging out. They'll sing, watch movies, practice guitar together. The most special nights are lyric nights. Mark sits down and works on bringing out the words that are in Moxy head onto the page. Bringing her closer and closer to penning her own lyrics.
They become each others recharge at the end of a long day. With them both being in two groups, night time is they're moment to be together. They cuddle all the time. Their favorite position has to be back to chest. Marks arms enveloping her body and his head nestled in the crook of her neck
They might not go out on dates often but when they do it's special. Moxy loves to experience things and Mark loves to watch her reactions. They way her eyes light up and soft sounds of intrigue that leave her mouth warm his heart.
They LIVE to make the each other blush, stutter or trip over themselves in public or on video. It's game for them. One time, Moxy ignored Mark for weeks when he didn't warn her about the boxes in Quiet Down.
Msquared are extremally supportive of each others careers. They'll send food and gifts while on the road or during promotions with their separate groups. They'll attend music show tapings. Fans started to think something was going on when Mark showed up to one of AG's pre-records for BOY with any of the members and stayed until they were done.
Mark always makes time to sit in on Moxy's Instagram lives. Her love and passion for music fuels him. He writes his best lyrics while watching Moxy express her love for music with the fans
Moxy's favorite time to be with Mark is in the studio. She's created her own little cozy nook in his studio for herself to hang out and have a place to no so subtly watch him work
The Reaction
Haechan was the first to catch them together.
It was two weeks after there talk on the roof. Mark and Moxy were hanging out in his room when Haechan stormed in. Mark forgot their dinner plans and there was no way Haechan was missing out a free meal.
The maknae burst into the room, rant prepared in his head, only to freeze at the sight in front of him. Moxy and Mark were cuddled together on the olders bed. The pair launched away from each other when the door swung open
Haechan looked between the two of them for a long time before saying, "I don't care when this started or how it happened. What I do know is my time alone with either of you is sacred and I do not share." The new couple nodded but you could see the amusement in their eyes. "Now I have a reservation with one of you in a hour." He glared at Mark for forgetting, "So I expect one of you to be downstairs and ready to go in less than five minutes." And with that he stormed out. Mark following close behind (But not after kissing Moxy goodbye)
Because Haechan can't keep his mouth shut, the dreamies were informed at their next 7Dream sleepover a week later. Mark could barely walk in before he was bombarded with questions.
Jisung was kind of like Haechan where he was concerned over his place now that Mark and Moxy were dating. They both were like his second parents. And he didn't want to lose his time with either of them
Those worries went away when Mark planned a date on the same day Moxy made plans with Chenle and Jisung for their monthly Noona/Maknae time. Mark was the one to tell her to have fun, that they'd go out another time. But he did make the maknaes promise not to keep her out all night.
The hyungs of 127 found out months later.
Even though Haechan couldn't keep a secret from the Dreamies. NCT Dream and AG collectively promised to say nothing until Mark and Moxy were ready
The couple met up early in the practice room. 127 was scheduled to practice for the groups 2 Baddies comeback but the new couple hadn't see each other in while because of AG preparations. They got so caught up in each other they didn't even notice the door open.
"I KNEW IT!!!" Shouted Jungwoo. Shocked, the two rappers jumped away from each other. The hyungs all had different reactions. Some were shocked, some were unreadable but Jungwoo was gleeful.
"I knew something was going on when Moxy started coming to the 7th floor more. She hates our dorm."
"I don't hate your dorm. I just hate the messiness."
"But now you can look past it for your sweetie-pie." came Yuta's teasing retort that made all the hyungs make there way over to congratulated the couple.
Taeyong did sit them down to have a discussion on what they wanted to do in terms of the fans finding out. But really it was for Taeyong to tell them that it didn't matter what the company said, The members were behind them.
(Also you best believe Johnny, Doyoung and Kun came together to give Mark the big brother talk)
Both of their moms were probably the happiest of their children. They couldn't stop talking about how cute the two are together
While Mark and Moxy thought they were being slick, the fans are not stupid. They knew something was going on and a few eagle eyed nctzens made it their mission to figure it out
There's a couple of channels that analyze the interactions between the two members to solidify their ship but outside of that, most czennies believe the two just became friends.
After being together for a while longer the two revealed their relationship to the fans after AG's encore concert with a picture on Marks Instagam story of the two hugging then another of them kissing. Over the post he used the song First Song by 127
SM confirmed the relationship an hour later. MSquared was trending for 24 hours. While some fans were angry, The majority of nctzens were happy for them. The most validated were the msquared shippers who had been there since the beginning.
"Ah! Sorry, again." Hannah sighs, the disappointment written all over her face.
Hannah was recording for WayV's much anticipated 2nd full album. After literal years of waiting it was finally time for the group's comeback. The members had been in and out of the practice rooms and recording booths for weeks now. Perfecting every move and note to get the best product for their fans. Recording the title track, On My Youth was the last thing left to do and the dancer kept messing up. This was her third time in the booth this week.
It had been tough recording and shooting everything for the album all while getting ready for AG's first tour but she'd pushed through every hurdle. Singing all her parts for the b-sides was easy. Like everything was finally coming together. But now she was stuck on her lines for the second verse of On My Youth.
The producer started the music over.
It's okay Hannah. You got it! This is the one. The dancer hyped herself ready to nail this take.
. . .
"Hannah-ssi...."
"You don't have to say it......I already know."
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Within the last thirty minutes, Hannah tried and re-tried ten times. TEN. DIFFERENT. TIMES!!! She either came in late or started early
"Why don't you take a break while we reset." Hannah didn't even respond to the producer. She just let her body hit the wall behind her then slid down until her butt hit the floor. She buried her face in her hand. The sounds of frustrated screams were muffled.
You have to nail this.....Everyone's waiting for you so they can finish the song. You're incredibly unprofessional. It's four line in English how is it this hard! Her thoughts kept spiraling. Water began to pool in the corner of her eyes.
"Hannah-ssi? Wanna try again?"
"Cou...could I step out? I'll be right back." Her voice cracked in the middle, betraying her.
"Of course, take as much time as you need." Hannah was out the door and down the hall in seconds. not even noticing two of her members walking by.
"Was that Hannah-jiejie?" Yangyang and Ten watched her run down the hall turning toward the elevators.
"Definetly. Follow her, let me know where she goes. I'm gonna see what happened." Yangyang nodded taking off in Hannah's direction while Ten made his to the recording booth.
He knocked before coming in, smiling when the managers and producers greeted him. "Hello. I hope I'm not interuppting."
Jessica, one of WayV's eldest managers, waved him off, "We were just waiting for Hannah. Did you happen to see her? Is she okay" Jessica asked.
"I came here to ask you. Yangyang and I saw her running down the hall."
One of the producers turned around, "That because she's been having problems with On My Youth. She's probably feels bad cause her part is last thing we need to finish the song." Ten nodded, seeing what the problem is before anyone else explains. His phone beeps with an incoming message for Yangyang
We found Jiejie. She's in our practice room.
"I'll have her back within in thirty minutes. I promise." Ten bowed and rushed out of the room. The WayV group chat was blowing up with messages from the members. Everyone dropping what they were doing to get to Hannah's side.
Ten raced down the hall once the elevator doors opened. The door to the practice room was cracked. As if a closed door would keep him away from his precious dongsaeng. He made sure to close the door behind him and took a seat on the floor across from Winwin near Hannah's feet. There wasn't any tears or sniffling sounds. The older took that as win.
"Hannah?" Kun started grabbing the hand not covering her face, hiding the tear tracks. "If you feel up to it....wanna tell us...whats going on?"
Hannah just sighed, already feeling ridiculous for getting worked up over this. Her thoughts already spiraling at the thinking of what had gone on the past three days.
The dancer bit her lip but still removed the hand from her face. Gently, Xiaojun used a wet tissue to freshen up her face. She nodded, quietly thanking her same aged friend. He wrapped an arm around her waist, his way of accepting her thanks.
Hannah took a deep breath before starting, "I keep messing up. I've missed the timing for my verse for three days straight and I'm this close to letting SM use an ai to finish the song so we can move on." It felt like some of the weight was lifted off her shoulder but some stuck around.
After some time Winwin asked, "Okay. Its normal to have a problem recording. Everyone does but we get through it. And you'll get through this as well." The older's words brought her tears back to the surface. Hannah shook her head, disagreeing.
"I have to nail this. It's been too long. We've been waiting too long. I can't be the reason this comeback is held back. After everything that happened with him," A chill settled in the room. His mention bringing back a year of hurt the seven of them were still getting over. "We don't deserve anymore waiting. Not from me."
A silence fell over them. Nobody really wanting to admit that Hannah.....was right. More than a year of waiting and they were finally coming back. Stronger than they were before. Even more ready to represent the NCT name internationally.
But despite they're readiness, it was still daunting. To comeback after all this time. Had fans forgotten about them. None of them felt like dealing with answering the question of if they were NCT or not again. Phantom was them dipping their toe in to see if the water was warm.
On My Youth was them diving headfirst into the deep end with no floaties. Just waiting to see if they'll sink or float.
"We're not waiting. Not anymore." Kun spoke confidently, determination in his eyes. "It is finally our time. We can't waste it. We have to attack everything we're given. We fought for this." The leader used his pointer finger to draw a circle in the middle of the seven member. "We not giving up now. And no matter how many times any of us mess up a recording or goof off in practice," That gets some laughs from the members, "Nobodies getting left behind.
With every word Kun spoke, the lump in Hannah throat grew smaller and smaller. Maybe what she was really worried about was losing the six boys around her. They had been through so much and this album felt like their last chance. Hannah wanted to make it count. She wanted to give her all.
She wasn't losing WayV without a fight.
Hannah stood up and walked to the door without a single glance at her members.
"Jie-jie! Where are you going."
"The recording booth." She answered with a smile. "I have a song to finish so that we can have an album to promote."
I think it goes without saying Hannah nailed her verse in one shot.
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I really wasn't expecting to love On My Youth so much but that album is flawless. It's somehow different but it still feels like WayV!! Also congrats to the boys on becoming million sellers!!
anyways have a great day and enjoy the post ~ Author Izzy
