accidental encore | taegyu

chapter two

the killa:
wait, hold up. soobin? beomgyu?
who are these people?
i'm yeonjun btw

beomgyu blinks at the screen. yeonjun? as in, the yeonjun? The actual, confirmed member of The Killa?

soobin snatches the phone from his hands so fast, beomgyu's barely able to react. "WHAT DID HE SAY?"

"soobin!" beomgyu hisses, grabbing for the phone, but soobin is already scrolling through the messages like they're the latest gossip magazine.

"HE'S IN THE CHAT, BEOMGYU!" soobin gasps, and his fingers are shaking as he types, voice getting increasingly higher-pitched with excitement. "HE'S TALKING TO US, THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE."

beomgyu, meanwhile, is doing his best to not lose his mind. "shut up, he's not gonna respond to you. you're embarrassing."

but soobin is too far gone. he's already typing furiously:

soobin:
yeonjun! it's soobin! you're literally my favorite person ever and i've been to every one of your concerts and i LOVE your songs and you're a genius, please don't block us, i swear we're not crazy i promise! we're just having fun!

beomgyu watches, horrified, as the message gets sent before he can even stop it.

there's a long pause, the kind where beomgyu starts regretting everything. but then,

the killa:
you're both insane. but if you keep embarrassing yourselves like this, I'll have to ask for your Spotify playlists. seriously, what do you even listen to? - yeonjun

soobin squeals. "HE ASKED FOR OUR PLAYLISTS! WHAT DO WE DO NOW?!"

"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S GONNA EMBARRASS US BOTH," beomgyu groans, his hands grabbing at his hair in panic. "STOP TYPING, I'LL HANDLE THIS."

soobin's eyes are practically glowing. "OH MY GOD, I'M GOING TO DIE."

but before beomgyu can even get his hands on the phone, the next message comes in.

the killa:
but seriously, if you mess up my vibe, I'm blocking both of you. Just a warning. - yeonjun

beomgyu glares at soobin, who's smiling like he's just won the lottery. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING."

"i can't either," soobin says dreamily. "but i'm going to send him my playlist anyway. it's happening."

soobin, completely beside himself with excitement, grabs the phone back from beomgyu. "okay, okay, i'm sending him my playlist, beomgyu, this is it!"

beomgyu groans and slouches on the bed, resigned. "just... don't do anything that'll get us officially blocked, okay?"

but soobin's too far gone. he types:

soobin:
yeonjun, you're about to get the best playlist of your life, just brace yourself. here we go:
• "some" by steve lacy
• "get him back!" by olivia rodrigo
• "kiss me more" by doja cat
• "adore you" by harry styles
• "always" by daniel caesar

he hits send and holds his breath.

beomgyu rolls his eyes but secretly finds it hilarious how much of a disaster this is. "this is so embarrassing. he's gonna block us so fast."

and yet, instead of the swift end to their insanity, another typing bubble appears.

the killa:
yeonjun - you've got some interesting taste there. I'll give you that. But I'm still not convinced. You better not send me some weird EDM remix next.

soobin's face lights up even more. "he said it's interesting! he didn't block us!"

beomgyu buries his face in his pillow. "we're not even in this conversation anymore. he's just humorously tolerating us."

and just when beomgyu thought this couldn't get more ridiculous, he hears the sound of another typing bubble. but this time, the message isn't from yeonjun.

it's from hueningkai.

the killa:
okay, so, what did I just wake up to? I have 12 notifications from this account and I'm so confused. Who even are you people? im hueningkai btw if you guys got confused

soobin literally chokes on air. "HUENINGKAI?!"

"he's up now?" beomgyu mutters, grabbing the phone back. "what is going on with this group, man?"

before they can even respond, hueningkai starts typing again.

the killa:
wait, You guys seriously are DM'ing us right now? okay, new rule: everyone has to stop texting from this account. I'm getting whiplash from all these notifications. hueningkai here still.

"oh my god, we've summoned him," soobin whispers.

"this is an absolute disaster," beomgyu mutters, but he's laughing despite himself.

soobin's grinning ear to ear, though. "we've created chaos."

and just when they think it can't get worse, taehyun drops another bomb.

the killa:
okay, seriously, who is who? this is getting confusing. i thought soobin was beomgyu for a sec there and i almost blocked both of you out of sheer confusion. we need to make a temporary groupchat to figure this out, don't we? (taehyun)

"wait, no—" beomgyu protests. "he's gonna make us talk like normal people now?"

but yeonjun, apparently fully on board with this mess, replies right away.

the killa:
i agree. seriously, this is chaos. let's just make a groupchat so we can sort out which one of you is which. otherwise, i'm blocking both of you because this is a headache. - yeonjun

soobin's hands are shaking with laughter, typing: soobin: are you kidding me? you want to make a groupchat with us?! this is a dream come true! yes, let's make one, make it real, please, PLEASE. i swear i'm not a stalker!

beomgyu's eyes widen. "wait—this is happening? we're getting a groupchat?"

before he can even stop soobin, a notification pings. a new groupchat has been created.

The Killa Official Band Chat

yeonjun: this is our group now. let's get to the bottom of this. who's who?

soobin and beomgyu are both staring at the phone like it's the most surreal thing that's ever happened to them.

"this is not happening," beomgyu says, his voice almost a whisper. "this is too much."

hueningkai: okay, I'm confused, someone better fess up.

@soobinchoi adds @choibeomgyu to the chat..

soobin: i'm soobin. i'm the one who adores yeonjun. like, obsessively.

"oh my god," beomgyu mutters under his breath. "we're gonna get killed by these guys."

taehyun: yeah, we figured out who you are, soobin. and you're definitely not fooling anyone with that fanboy energy. and you're lucky i haven't blocked you yet.

"he's mocking me!" soobin wails, sinking back into the bed.

yeonjun: okay, okay, but now who's the other one? the one with all the weird music tastes?

beomgyu glares at the phone. "they're seriously making us do this."

and as the band members continue to message in confusion, soobin can't help but laugh, unable to believe what's happening.

"this is real, isn't it?" soobin says, looking at beomgyu. "we're actually in The Killa's groupchat now."

beomgyu just shakes his head, grinning. "i'm just waiting for the day one of them actually blocks us."

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