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“ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀ ᴠɪsɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ”
she never thought she’d be spending an evening like this, but days at trc are surprising.
the system feels strange in her hands, but at the very least jei has gotten used to the controls and the buttons. that’s about all that she’s managed to do with at least some coaching from the other boys, even though she’s not so sure any of them really know what they’re doing with a switch either. not that it matters; this trip is about bonding, and what better way to bond than to .. play a game with people that you’ve become friends with.
right?
her lips purse as she looks around the small group gathered around and sitting around on some of the tables outside. she wouldn’t openly admit it, but perhaps these three boys are the closest friends she’s made in trc since she first signed on. it’s a little strange to think about, but life is funny that way. days at trc are surprising that way. ( but no sooner does she think it does jei completely wave it away - it’s far too sentimental for her tastes. ) “ have you three chosen your characters yet? i’ve been waiting for five minutes.”
˟ ▀ &.@rkxtae , ˟ ▀ &.@rkwoong , ˟ ▀ &.@changminxrk
she really hopes that the boys show up soon because she’s tired of carrying four large bags when three of them aren’t even hers. honestly, jei truly thinks that this so called “ glamping” trip is going to be a nightmare, but she figures she’ll get through it well enough if she spends all her time with the people she’s ( somehow ) managed to grow close to in her time in trc.
that still doesn’t mean she’s not annoyed that she has to carry all of these bags for them until they arrive on location for the bus. she allows a frustrated sigh to escape her lips, pushing up her sunglasses even though it’s still just early morning. it takes a little while but at least taehyung finally manages to show.
“ taehyung.” she calls, gesturing him over with a nod and a wave of her hand. “ i have something for you. come here and get it so i can stop carrying all these bags.”
˟ ▀ &.@rkxtae
rkxtae:
with how much is said about trc being the most strict company and how hard it is to get into, taehyung never expected to play games for an evaluation. maybe he should’ve, with how much he idolizes tiger jk and his casual attitude for many things. and honestly, taehyung appreciates it. he needs some lighthearted fun after the last month he’s had to endure.
maybe he’s a little too loud as he bounds down the hallways, giggling and shoes slapping on the hard floors. he’s pulled a grand total of zero name tags, and has done mostly a lot of running away ( just because he’s fast ) and trying to psyche out other trainees. he wants to win, he really does, but he can’t stop giggling long enough to pull a name tag.
and right now is no different really. he’s grinning ear to ear as he peeks out from behind a corner, left hand tucked behind his own back so he could hold his own name tag to protect it. there are shouts and other clamoring in the distance, but taehyung doesn’t see anyone. he looks back behind him to make sure he’s only, before spotting jei way too close. the boy yelps and jumps in shock, turning on his heels to face her and spluttering.
“h-how did you sneak up on me like that? you weren’t going to take my name tag were you, noona?” he feigns a pout, but his smile is quick to return, the boy bouncing on his feet to act like he’s light and fast.
she’s not really sure why taehyung is trying to be so damn loud in a game that obviously requires stealth and skill. either that, or a good group of teammates but jei knows better than to trust anyone. a game like this leads to the inevitable pitting of one against the other, and she’d rather not take the time to feel guilty if it ends up being her against a squad member.
taehyung obviously doesn’t seem to care about anything, though. laughing like an idiot, shoes slapping on the floors, it’s like he’s lapsed back into being a child rather than taking this seriously. it takes her a minute to realize that maybe she’s the weird one for taking a game seriously. then again, this is an evaluation and that makes it part of work. no matter how excitable the other trainees get about it, they’re still going to be graded on their skill level.
that makes her way of thinking right in her eyes. but that doesn’t mean that she’s right in the slightest.
her lips purse when taehyung catches her sneaking up on him and she backs away quickly so that he can’t reach out to grab her own tag, clicking her tongue. “ because you’re running around like an idiot and can’t hear anything going on around you.” she says blandly, shaking her hair out of her eyes. “ or maybe i’m just good at stealth games. you’ll probably never know.”
rkxtae:
it’s been four months since taehyung was offered his contract to trc. it’s been a month and a half since he got into trouble and had to take workshops and a stern lecture to correct him. that and the details surrounding his contract offer have made for a hard time for taehyung, but he wants to do better. he wants so desperately to prove himself, putting his all into his evaluations from then on.
but alas, he’s still a kid at heart.
“oh, noona! i have a really good one i think,” taehyung grins, eyes shining. he likes being able to interact with jei without thinking too much about the past, and finds himself in good company when he’s with her and able to ignore everything else. “one of them will be dancing in heels, but…”
taehyung slips off his jacket on one side, leaving his right arm bare besides the tshirt that came just to his bicep. “see these two moles?” the boy asks, pointing to them on his arm. “i can make an elephant with them! isn’t that cute?” he’s laughing a bit as he pinches the skin between the moles, creating a ‘trunk’ so that the moles looked like eyes. “right?”
it’s interesting to see the way that taehyung brightens up in comparison to the way he was when she first met him. it wasn’t hard to spot him when she first signed to trc, and it definitely wasn’t hard to recognize him. everything she’s suffered has been so far engrained into her memory that it was easy to find him in the crowd, even if he didn’t have blue hair at the time. back then, he was a hesitant and quiet boy who couldn’t remember her name.
today, he calls her noona with a smile. it’s almost amazing what a little time can do. she wishes that she could recover in a few months, that she could change this much in a few months. but this isn’t something that matters at the moment. it’s not something that jei needs to focus on.
what matters right now is the evaluation, and how excited taehyung is to show her his little talent. even if it does make jei stare at him blankly, unable to process what she’s just seen. " did you just … pinch your skin? to make the elephant?“ the words that hang in the air are truly that’s it?? but she doesn’t say them aloud. inwardly, she’s thinking to herself: is this really what variety is about? even the tiniest things can be seen as a talent?
if this was always the case, maybe variety wouldn’t be so hard for her to suffer through after all. ” it’s cute. i just wasn’t expecting something like that, i guess -“
honestly? running around and playing games was not on jei’s list of things to do today, but schedules at trc can be surprising. running man had never really interested her, and it was hardly on her top things to watch whenever she had the chance to watch television. but considering the topic of evaluations of the month, perhaps it was inevitable that one of the most popular variety shows would end up a hot topic of one of their focused weeks. she should have known better than to think otherwise.
the thing about jei is though, that once she starts something ( or in this case, when she’s forced into it ) she does her best at it. perhaps it’s her stubborn nature, or maybe jei is just really competitive at heart and likes to win after a life of losing things she didn’t want to. so she’s already managed to grab two name tags by sneaking around on quiet feet. her eyes catch taehyung, already bouncing around like the oddly excitable pup he is and she shakes her head. this would be too easy.
that means she should go for it, doesn’t it?
˟ ▀ &.@rkxtae
even though their first interaction was admittedly a little awkward, slowly things have been getting better with time. jei can’t do anything but blame their situation after all - the mgas were horrible for them both. of course they’d be awkward remembering everything whenever they looked at each other.
but as time went on and they managed to see each other more as time passed, that feeling slowly dissipated - for jei, at least. she’d like to think it’s starting to pass for taehyung too, because it’s already tiring enough being in trc without having to remember all the things that happened to them both in a situation they had no control over. she makes attempts to talk every so often and it’s becoming easier and easier. this is one of those times.
“ so … you wanna tell me what your special skill is? for this variety thing.” jei waves a hand, then rests her chin in her palm as she looks at taehyung. “ i’m sure you must have somethingby now.”
˟ ▀ &.@rkxtae
rkxtae:
jei is very right, taehyung has blocked out the mgas from his memory as much as he possibly can, and does not mention it unless he absolutely has to. consequently, he’s also forgotten people who were on the show with him, unless it were someone like juyeon, whom taehyung still feels responsible for. all in all, it’s a sore subject that taehyung would rather forget entirely, having gained nothing but heartache from it.
when he’s approached, again by another mga contestant, he frowns slightly. maybe he really shouldn’t have tried so hard to forget, or atleast should’ve made an effort to remember the people who were right there with him when things got bad. he’s quick to regain his composure, shaking his head and smiling up at the girl instead.
“it has been a while, wow,” he blinks, before shaking his head, “i mean, hello again! i’m sorry… i don’t remember your name though.” the admission makes him a bit embarrassed, cheeks warming while he scratches the back of his neck awkwardly, combing through said blue hair. “oh! a little while back– i need to change it back again already, though,” he murmurs with a shrug, not really interested in going into detail. “it was a really bold color to begin with.”
it’s almost hard to talk to taehyung. since he’s not someone that she became friends with, whenever she looks at him the only thing that she can remember is the mgas. she doesn’t have the ability to replace that memory with something else, because that’s really all that she knows him from. it’s honestly a problem, but jei is trying her best to ignore it. she’s trying her best to give taehyung his own memory that isn’t clouded by her judgment of the mgas.
after all, he had just as much of a hard time there as she did. perhaps he had an even harder time. she wouldn’t know - she never got the chance to talk to him on the show or outside of it.
“ mm. it’s fine, i never really expected you’d keep in contact with someone you never spoke to.” she shrugs her shoulders and sits down next to him, tucking hair behind her ear. she pauses for a moment, not really sure where to go from here. " maybe i’m just good at remembering names and faces.“ jei turns her head with a quizzical raise of her brow, eyes narrowed slightly. ” why do you have to change your hair? did they tell you to?“
