so for those of you that read my deleted fanfic neo culture technology, this is pretty much the same storyline, tweaked a little. i don't really know what to name this fanfic, so this is what it's called for now. please suggest ideas for what i should name this or if i should just leave it like this.
basically, this fic is set in an alternate reality where kpop idols are businessmen and their comebacks and stuff are products which people go crazy over. jisung is a huge fan of these businessmen and he really wants to become one one day.
"My co-workers are a bunch of assholes." Jisung grumbled.
Jaehyun sighed, running a hand through his hair. "You said that about fifteen times tonight, Jisung."
"It's true!"
"Well then, tell your boss. Or the person who's handling your internship."
Jisung glared at him with one eye. Jaehyun had chocolate brown eyes and his brown hair was swept to the side in an extremely attractive manner, looking every bit the rugged, handsome college student that he was. His steadfast, calm yet smoldering gaze caused every college girl to swoon as he glanced at Jisung with an amused twinkle in his eyes.
Jisung was only twelve going on thirteen, but he had to take an internship to earn money for his family. Jaehyun was quite a bit older- and he was already venturing out into the working world.
"What internship are you working on, hyung?" Jisung took a gulp of apple juice.
"Well, it's not an internship. I actually work there."
Jisung raised his eyebrows. "What do you do?"
"Some office stuff."
"What kind of office stuff?"
"Just- stuff." Jaehyun stood up abruptly. "I got to go. Bye, Jisung."
"Bye."
Jisung checked the address on his phone. Yes, this alleyway was the correct one. But where was Jaehyun? He had asked his hyung to meet him to do their homework together after work.
His hyung had agreed, telling him that he would meet him during his lunch break near his office in the alleyway. But his hyung hadn't showed up yet and now it was starting to drizzle.
Jisung texted Jaehyun again. Where are you, hyung? It's starting to rain!
His phone beeped as Jaehyun answered. I got loaded with work. I'll meet you there as soon as I can. Go and get shelter in the building on the right of the alley.
Jisung growled. The rain was pelting down now and his phone screen was getting wet. He blinked through his wet fringe and glanced around at the buildings. He wasn't sure which right his hyung meant.
How would Jaehyun know where he had entered the alley? Where was his right?
Argh, his hyung was so confusing! He looked around again. There was a white building and a mall near the alley.
Which one should he go into? He made a split second decision and dashed into the white building on what he thought was the right of the alley.
He blinked as a wave of heat hit him. There was a cozy fireplace at the end of the room. Plush, white couches surrounded the fireplace, covered with cream and pink cushions. Several doorways opened off from the sides of the room.
The walls and ceiling were pristine and white-tiled and there was a woman dressed in white sitting at a desk. She looked at him over her glasses and surveyed him up and down.
Jisung smiled ruefully at her. He knew he must look a sight, sopping wet and dripping water onto the tiles. "Hi, sorry, I'm supposed to meet my friend here."
"I see." she said coolly. "May I know who your friend is?"
"Uh, Jaehyun. Jung Jaehyun."
"Oh, well that's all right then," she said, her frosty demeanour melting slightly. "Would you like me to give him a call?"
"No, it's all right." Jisung replied quickly, remembering what his friend had said about being loaded with work. "I don't want to disturb him."
"Very well then. Perhaps you'd like to wait? Would you like a towel?"
Jisung moved forward to take the fluffy white towel with a nod of thanks. He went over to the sofa, but didn't sit down, worried of spoiling the expensive-looking leather.
He toweled dry his wet hair as the fire warmed him, taking off his blazer and trying to dry it using the heat from the fire. When he looked around, he saw that there was a woman wearing a white coat mopping the wet spots that he'd left on the floor.
He felt bad and just as he was going to text Jaehyun, a man wearing a white lab coat like the type that doctors wear came out through one of the closed doors. He carried in his hand a sheaf of papers which he passed to the the woman at the counter, saying, "Here you are, you know what to do with them-"
Jisung gasped out loud. The man was Kim Doyoung, one of the newest rookies in the business. He was part of one of the top companies and had recently debuted with a group called NCT U. Their debut product had been labelled "The Seventh Sense" and it had a dreamy, mysterious quality to it. Admittedly, Jisung hadn't yet checked them out, but his classmates had been discussing the product lately and one of his female friends had gotten Doyoung's photocard and she was squealing about how hot he was.
Hearing the noise, Doyoung looked up and saw Jisung watching him. He had a long, angular face, a straight nose and defined cheekbones which made him look dignified. His pale skin, dark eyes, thin, sallow cheeks, pursed lips and carefully styled coal-black hair suited him. Jisung would be lying if he said he wasn't handsome.
Jisung noticed that his hands were long, slender and graceful as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Y-you're Kim Doyoung." Jisung stammered, mentally cursing himself for being so awkward.
Doyoung looked surprised. "You know who I am?"
"You're in NCT U." Jisung blurted out.
"You've seen our product?"
"Well- yeah."
"What do you think?"
"Um-mm, it's g-great, really great!"
All of a sudden one of the doors burst open and Jaehyun flew out, throwing a brown jacket over his white lab coat which somehow- melted into a shirt and pants.
"Miss Kwon, would you tell them for me that I have to go and meet someone?" he said as he crossed the room.
"Will do-"
"Hyung!" Jisung started in surprise. Jaehyun was working with Kim Doyoung?
Jaehyun stopped dead in his tracks. He turned to look at Jisung, his mouth dropped open in shock. "J-Jisung?" he stuttered. What are you doing here?"
"Uh, this is where you told me to wait?"
"No! I told you to go to the building on the right!" In a few strides, Jaehyun had walked across to Jisung, frowning. "Ah, I didn't want you to see this. Jisung, do you know who he is?" he gestured to Doyoung.
"Yes."
Jaehyun mumbled a curse and slapped his forehead. After a short pause, he shook his head and laughed. "Well, I guess my secret's out now. You caught me. I'm working under SM."
"YOU'RE WORKING-" Jisung lowered his voice apologetically, "You're a trainee? And you didn't tell me?"
Jaehyun winced. "Yeah, sorry about that."
"Excuse me," Doyoung cut in. "Do you mind if you take this outside? He's not supposed to be in here." he added to Jaehyun who nodded immediately.
"Okay, Jisung, come on, let's get outside, all right?"
Jisung looked around the whole room with wide eyes. He had never before been in a big company building. He so desperately wanted to explore, but Jaehyun started pushing him away.
"Come on, Jisung!"
"Hyung, can I see the building?" The words were out of Jisung's mouth before he could register them.
Jaehyun eyes opened wide with shock and Doyoung started. Even the receptionist paused in her typing.
"Jisung!" Jaehyun said in a scandalised tone.
Jisung swallowed. "Can I?"
"This building is strictly off-limits!" Jaehyun scolded. "I can't believe you would ask that!"
"Oh hyung, please?"
Jaehyun shook his head. "No, no, no and no. Come on now, we're going." He said it so firmly that Jisung knew there would be no argument.
Doyoung nodded politely as Jaehyun steered Jisung out of the building.
The next day, as Jisung and Jaehyun were doing their homework, Jisung glanced up at Jaehyun. Jaehyun was wearing a baseball cap over his head and at his insistence, Jisung was wearing one too.
"Don't wanna sound like I'm bragging," Jaehyun had said, "But you have seen what happens to businessman when they get famous, right?"
Jisung had nodded, recalling witnessing huge mobs along the street when a popular businessman appeared. He wasn't keen to be a part of a screaming, suffocating crowd of people all intent on getting close to the businessman.
After yesterday's incident, Jisung had gone home to research NCT U and true enough, he had found Jaehyun and Doyoung inside. The video that they had made to describe their product was quite different from the normal ones he saw; deep and mysterious with a dream-like quality.
Within a few hours, Jisung had learned the names of all the members and he couldn't believe that he knew two of them. Both of them looked so different with all their makeup on. Of course in real life, they were both very handsome, but they looked almost ethreal with makeup on.
After a few hours on intense stalking, Jisung had become a major fan and he wished he could buy their product. As he scrolled through the comments, he saw many of them were talking about how good Jaehyun looked and he felt incredibly proud that he knew him.
He found Ten a very good dancer, Doyoung rather cool and calculating, Mark entertaining and talented, especially unbelievably because he was only three years older than Jisung and Jaehyun, of course, was Jaehyun. However, he found himself most starstruck by Taeyong. His face was so gorgeous it looked sculpted and unreal and when he looked at the camera with his regal gaze, Jisung felt his heart flutter.
"Hyung," he murmured tentatively.
"Mhm?"
"Look I know what you said-"
"No."
"You didn't know what I was going to say!"
"Hyung, can I please visit your office building?" Jaehyun picked up his notes and studied them.
"Yes?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Jisung-" Jaehyun began sternly but Jisung interrupted him.
"I can't believe you work with Taeyong! And Mark! And Ten! And Doyoung!"
"Shut up!" Jaehyun hissed, pulling his cap lower over his face and glancing around warily.
"Have you met Shinee? Or Exo? Or Super Junior? Or Red Velvet? Or F(x)? Or-"
"Be quiet! I mean it!" At that moment, two teenage girls appeared at their table, blushing furiously. Jisung immediately slid out of his seat, pulling his cap over his head and his coat collar higher to cover his face.
They had prearranged that if any fans came over to talk to Jaehyun, Jisung would immediately leave the shop and meet him in the alley next to his office.
As Jisung was texting Jaehyun to see when he would arrive, he saw someone wearing a navy blue hoodie, the hood pulled low and a mask obscuring his face. Even though the curly dark hair was mostly covered and his face was hidden, Jisung recognised him almost immediately.
Not knowing how to address him, Jisung yelled, "hey!" and jogged towards him.
Doyoung half turned, his backpack sliding off his shoulder.
"I-I'm Jisung," Jisung stammered. "Jaehyun's friend, we met yesterday?"
"Oh." Doyoung nodded, "Yes, I remember. Are you looking for Jaehyun?"
"No, I mean yes, I mean- I'm a really big fan of NCT U." Jisung blurted out.
Doyoung's dark eyes softened. "Thank you,"
"I would love to see your workplace-"
"I'm sorry, that's not possible." Doyoung hoisted his backpack up on his shoulder. "Are you waiting for Jaehyun?"
"Yes-"
At that moment, Jaehyun came racing into view. A whole horde of teenage girls were rushing after him, carrying notebooks and pens and their product.
As he ran past them, Jaehyun grabbed Jisung and Doyoung by the elbows and pulled them into the office, the doors automatically locking behind them.
"Phew!" Jaehyun wiped his brow. "I didn't know I could run that fast!"
Doyoung eyed the crowd outside pressing against the glass windows. "You're lucky you did,"
Jisung immediately saw his opportunity. "Oh, hyung, you can't possibly let me back out into that mob!"
"I know."
"So, while I'm here, it makes sense that I see your office right?"
"I can't believe-" Jaehyun stopped mid-sentence and started laughing. "You really don't give up, huh? Well, I suppose-"
"Come on, Jae," Doyoung whispered into his ear. Jaehyun whispered back and then Doyoung frowned and muttered something else. Then Jaehyun said something and Doyoung heaved a sigh of defeat.
"Yay!" Jisung threw his cap in the air.
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edit: so I kind of reconstructed this fanfic to make sense, and don't worry, it's roughly the same storyline, but for those of you that have been with this fanfic since the first chapter, I strongly advise you read the first few parts again otherwise you may not understand where I'm going in the next few chapters.