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The Jade Music Festival was one of the biggest thrills EVE had to come across. Imagine performing for a crowd of complete strangers that never heard of you before as new artists and at that for their most popular festival of the year… Maybe cross what was said at first, what thrill, we’re changing it to complete horror.
To their bewilderment, the public there actually liked their performance, it was a huge success at that! They could feel a lot of artist badmouthing them in Chinese on their way up to the stage but it was better for them to lay low because of their current position. Who would have thought that foreigners like them could master their language?
Well, not every member but they have June who seemed to be as fluent as a native speaker. Little did they know… (this idea is for another fanfiction I’m sorry you guys)
After their particular performance, they left countless people astonished. Whether it may be their actual fans from Korea or international ones, they managed to seduce this country’s amateurs of music.
Needless to say, artists behind the curtains stared at them in awe after their show, and shame after they discovered the fact that their centre was a great Chinese speaker. Even that young group of idols apologised to them, ELEV8.
June couldn’t hide the surprise painted on his face at what he was hearing at first because it wasn’t such a long time since he started his career as an idol, but that seemed to do the trick and encourage some fellow trainees to make the first move and get started on their own.
In front of him was one of his first fans who also appeared to be the leader of the group. His name was Aaron and when he asked for an autograph, June could definitely not refuse at all. It actually brought a smile to his face as he decided to ignore the glare the young man received from Casper behind him-
Fortunately, Sehun held him before he could do anything that might cause a scene.
"There, there," he said. "June has a lot of fans. It can't just be you."
"Thank you so much, senior," Aaron bowed. "Please don't forget about me when you become famous here, too."
"What do you mean?" June asked.
Aaron's smile widened. "Well, based on your performance, I believe that you're going to be the greatest topic of the event! You should tell your company to capitalize on your popularity here."
June chuckled in amusement at his advice. "Alright," he said. "I'll be sure to do that."
However, June really couldn't trust their new CEO.
"Well, we best be going," Aaron said. "Thanks again, senior,"
As the boy started to get up, he felt a sudden push against his back making him fall forward legs tangling with the ones of the person in front of him.
It appeared like a blurry figure popping out of nowhere pushed him. A girl, maybe some kind of worker on the set who was late, was in such a rush, she had to shove Aaron aside to clear herself a path. In one swift motion, the poor boy landed forward in a confused mess with June.
The blond idol who didn’t quite catch on the situation in time fell on his butt at the contact's force. Well, he could have dodged but it would be kind of heartless to leave the boy falling straight on his face. However, he actually managed to forget that his weight isn’t the same as it used to be making him land on his ass shutting his eyes at the pain it provoked.
The floor wasn’t that hard but he felt a strange sensation on his lips… A rough one and it felt absolutely weird, the sensation was definitely unfamiliar. Not even a second later, it was gone. He opened his eyes to pry at the scene before him and was met with the sight of Aaron and a blushing face, a colour that was clearly not normal he thought.
He looked around him and found his members with different reactions but it still was an absolute mess-
Jisung had his eyes covered by Ren, who wore a shocked expression, but he still had his mouth agape, it almost felt like something happened here and he tried to hide the sight from the young member.
Akira’s jaw was nearly touching the floor like he had just seen a ghost. Alongside him Zeth and Sehun with disbelieving looks and Jaeyoung who was about to cry from dubiousness. Casper looked more like someone who was ready to murder at any time.
« What in the world just happened- »
« Tell me it’s just me and my weird imagination. Please God I do not deserve this suffering- »
« Does someone carry bleach and has it in hand right now? »
« June are you okay- »
« Bro, please tell me it wasn’t what I just saw that happened… »
Okay. What the hell happened for them to have such a strange reaction??
June took some time to analyse the situation and after a certain pause, seemed to piece everything together. His members’ reaction was caused by what happened seconds ago, Aaron’s reaction was surely caused by an embarrassing situation and the strange feeling on his li—
No way.
There was just no fucking way that was true.
Reality seemed to struck a nerve in him, causing a jolt to the present as a shiver ran down his spine and eyes widening at the realisation. He felt like a whole bucket of cold water had been poured on him leaving him speechless.
He took a step back without noticing it. He was still sat on the floor so the gesture didn’t do much except for maybe the mere fact that he slid a certain distance away.
He covered his mouth with the back of his hand as if it’d erase anything of what already happened while the other one was on the ground supporting him to keep his balance. A deep blush crept its way to his cheeks and coloured his neck leaving a reddish skin behind his nape. The shade became even deeper as seconds went by.
Aaron noticing his body’s shift woke him up as he stood up brutally, did a quick bow and apologised whispering a quite ‘sorry-’ in his rush. The members that came with him only followed behind him mindlessly, still processing the entire situation.
Minutes seemed to slow down making them feel like hours passed. The silence was cut by Jaeyoung’s voice:
« I know that we all still didn’t recover from the shock but can someone check up on June? I feel like we just lost him-- »
« WAIT HE’S ACTUALLY FAINTING- »