The life of a Jongseob and more

Crime East Asian Inspirational

Written in response to: "Include the line “I remember…” or “I forget…” in your story." as part of A Matter of Time with K. M. Fajardo.

Writers note: So I recently heard rumors that my favorite author and dear acquaintance (or friend? If she considers me that😅) Carol Banks would be going on hiatus. Like many of you hearing the news led me to immense sadness and pain The kind I haven't experienced since i was 6 or 7 years old. Anyway out of respect to her as an author I've decided to take matters into my own hands and write my own story. So no need to fret! If you're looking for a new author to hold you over in these tough times without Carol then you might have found just what you're looking for...But thats enough outta me lets get on to the actual story now!

Jongseob was fresh out of middle school and felt he needed to do something great with his life. He had won a contest for a crazy sick rap he wrote at the ripe age of 8 But he would not let that moment be his peak. He had bigger and better dreams! He knew what he had to do. He was going to become a REAL kpop idol🥹 Right that second (cause he doesn't procrastinate) he auditioned for fnc entertainment. It may not have been the most popular of companies to choose from, but he had a good feeling about it. Besides bts basically made hybe, maybe fnc entertainment would make it up there too someday if jongseob declared to put his best efforts into this shein! And thats exactly what he did. He rapped the song doom dada by t.o.p like his 14 year old life depended on it And it was a hit! Everybody loved it. He sat down and watched some other auditions. Dang these guysh are kinda good! Maybe I should've upped my game...I hope I still get chosen.

Soon after auditions had ended for the day and Jongseob decided to pull some of the other auditionees for a chat. He nervously went up to a boy with blue hair and pronouns, trying to look cool and nonchalant. To his surprise, the boy starting conversing with him first! "Hey my name's keeho and I'm a boy!" He said in english. Jongseob looked at him puzzled, Hold up hold up hold up...can we switch the language? "Oh sorry I forgot you don't speak english. Annyeonghaseyo Keeho-imnida! ireumi mwoyeyo??" "Annyeonghaseyo, Jongseobieyo." Keeho was a few years older than Jongseob, making him unc or should I say sunbaenim. They talked for a few minutes and Jongseob ended up mentioning that he was thirsty, "You know I could really go for some boba tea gnarly.." Just then he felt something tug on his pants. Startled by the sudden tug, he looked down and found someone giving Keeho's leg a hug! Guys I think writing about Jongseob is turning me into a pro rapper. There was a little japanese boy around Jongseob's age wrapping his entire body around Keeho's leg. He looked at Jongseob with glistening black beady eyes, and Jongseob started to imagine things, but was the boba really worth it?? "Oh this is soul, my son" Said Keeho. "He's a little shy."

Jongseob didn't question it. "Gwenchana, we've all been there!" Jongseob replied, cracking a simple bread smile. Soul started making inaudible noises and Jongseob just smiled and nodded as if he understood. "Isn't he neomu gwiyeowo?" Keeho asked, ruffling up soul's hair. Jongseob agreed in order to respect his elders.

The next day Jongseob got a call back from fnc entertainment. He had been accepted to become an official trainee and he would start practicing by tomorrow. Be there or be square. And listen no one wants to be a square. Nobody. He showed up to practice with confidence and he carried himself with such BEAUTIFUL and GRACE. The other trainees were gagged! May the sassiest and zestiest of trainees make it into the group. They started off by learning the choreography to Feel Special by Twice. Soul really put his heart and soul into it, ending the dance with an improvised death drop. Keeho couldn't help but sing along with the music, but there were a few times where he was more focused on singing than dancing! Get it together keekee. You can focus on singing later. The other trainees, Jiung, Intak, and Theo, were picking up relatively quickly on the choreography. Jiung honestly could've been the 10th member of twice or just any girl group in general and no one would bat an eye. Intak was a great dancer, it seemed to be what he was most skilled at. And Theo was feeling special alright! Dancing might not have been his favorite activity, but that didn't stop him from eating up that dance honey! Am i ate??? Cause we're 5 too. We're 5'2. The whoever evaluated their dances carefully. You guys are all very skilled dancers but I would like to see you guys blend with each other more. It seemed like each of you had your own unique style which is great on its own but I'd like to see you guys work more as a team. Tomorrow we will be looking at your singing and or rapping skills. Good luck and hwaiting!! ( ´ ∀ `)ノ~ ♡

The group practiced a few other dances and tried to take the whoevers advice. They got to a point where they were pretty in sync and their periods starting syncing up. Everything was going well until suddenly a rat snuck into the rehearsal and no one noticed! Keeho was getting really into the dance jumping all over the place (foreshadowing to their song jump that would be released in 2023) when suddenly he heard a crunch and a loud squeal come from under his foot. His face went pale and without checking to see what had happened he booked his silly ahh out of there as if he were Park Bom! Hopefully the rat wouldn't be suing Keeho for as much money as Bom is suing yg for! Everyone was shocked at what had happened, horrified at the squished rat on the floor :/ Jiung called 911! Ok I guess its actually 119 in Korea so he called that number instead. The rat was rushed to the hospital i mean vet!! Emergency room. Hueningkai checked them in and took them to room 127 where Dr. Chishiya would be the only one performing the surgery. Only one surgeon? They really cheaped out on us. "Is the rat gonna make it doc?" cried Intak. "Prolly not" It was true the rat didn't make it. Rest in peace minus one plus 1 harmony. Mind if a white girl does a little math? Thought so.

Practice was called off the next day and would be postponed in order to host a funeral for the rat. Theo set up decorations for the funeral and Soul made a playlist, Intak and Jiung were able to find a rat sized coffin, and Jongseob tried his best to comfort Keeho, who was crying about how it was all his fault. After everything was all set up for the funeral, they sat down and waited for it to start. Daesung from bigbang came out and gave a speech. He wanted to be a priest when he was younger so they hired him for the funeral. The boys also gave their own speeches about how great of a rat he was before the cookie crumbled. This is about as sad as my life was at 6-7 years old So tissues advised. After their speeches were over, break down by Taeyang of bigbang started blaring over the speakers. Everyone started sobbing and break dancing as they reminisced the memories of the rat who snuck into their dance rehearsal. Dancing killed their rat and yet they still danced at his funeral. My trolls headcanon is that Branch would never do that But hey to each their own! The next song on the playlist was look at me gwisun and Daesung puffed his cheeks up out of embarrassment. Gaahhh! The last song on the playlist was bo peep bo peep by t-ara Which made everyone get up and do turbulence since everyone was within each others vicinity. Daesung was especially really into this.

After the songs had come and gone it was time for a moment of silence. The silence lasted for about 1 minute and 27 seconds until a sudden burst of hooting and hollering echoed from the sky into the boys eardrums and it was getting louder and louder by the second!! They tried to look up and see where the noise was coming from but were blinded by a beautiful angels aura. He had ascended down from heaven to retrieve the rat's soul But not Soul Ok don't get it twisted. Theo randomly had sunglasses for everyone although to him they were just regular glasses. Heh. Get it cause Theo's real name is Taeyang and taeyang means sun. He passed a pair of sunnies to each person and they were finally able to sneak a glance at the angel. His face card was absolutely lethal and then they realized, it was jonghyun from shinee!! "Your rat will be safe with me" Said Jonghyun. Wow even his normal speaking voice was heavenly. The soul of the rat started floating up towards him from the coffin. He held it in his arms and caressed it before ascending back into heaven.

When they had to go back to practice the next day, everyone was still grieving the rat. But on the bright side (quite literally) they got to meet Jonghyun from shinee! A true legeng in the industry. You could say meeting him was very enlightening. I really gotta stop. Despite everything that happened, they still had to sing. Jongseob went first, attempting to sing in english for the first time. He sang a small snippet of Abcdefu by GAYle. "Abcdefu and your mom and your dog and your umm I fergot the lyrics." Thats okay sweetie you tried your best. Next up was Keeho! Keeho was still shaken up from the incident but he had remembered Jonghyun's beautiful voice and decided to use it as inspiration to be the best version of himself and to always hoot and holler like theres no tomorrow. Keeho then sang better than he ever had before and even shocked himself with it. "Waaait cause I actually ate that up! Did I really do that?" He was met with a round of applause from everyone in the room. "Guysss seriously you don't have to I'm just tryna do my work type shift.😂✌️"

I am boring so I'm gonna end it here but let me know if you want a part 2🥺 Also bonus cause I'm writing this on November 11 which is national pepero day...in korea....

The members practiced pepero game because it was something they would need to learn in order to become an idol Obviously. The 2 members selected were Soul and Keeho since they were already close. Now if you know ball you may know who the Keeho to my Soul is Just saying. Anyway keeho and soul played pepero game and it was so easy! They didn't even care that they kissed urin baro twice twice Which going for round 2 is insane And I may be insane in the membrane but I love dancing in the rain and I love planes.

Like and follow if you enjoyed this story and want me to make more. Thank you all your love has broken the curse and freed my Soul. Keeho will never have to kill a rat again. Stan P1harmony for a happy wife happy life.

Posted Nov 12, 2025
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16:11 Nov 12, 2025

vamenos baba

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16:11 Nov 12, 2025

mama

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16:06 Nov 12, 2025

AHHHHH iiii my computers dead but i carol... I love you thanks for tsking my place bebe. im divorced btw ;) AYE AYE AYE !!!!! -hongjoong the pirate captain opf attez Fixon or something sorry he doesnt say thagt thats my bias wrecker mingi .. can you do me a favor and slow it down make it bouncy??? i wanna see it in motion in 3d...heh! ignore me like everyone else does.. GOD GOD WHAT THUHf... thats that queso. mama!

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