"changmin as in q from the boyz?" felix questioned.

"yeah, that's the one." minho nodded.

"you seem kind of stressed out. do you two have some sort of past?" felix asked, minhos facial expression already giving away the answer.

"we do," minho nodded, "is he here?"

"i think he was coming to meet chan to be honest." felix explained.

"for what?"

"a song? i don't really know." felix shrugged, "i think chan mentioned something about helping the boyz with a song i... but my memory isn't the best."

"why would chan help? they work under a different company!" minho flailed his arms dramatically.

"hey if they're willing to pay who would really gonna say no?" felix suggested to minho.

"right, whatever." minho rolled his eyes as he let out a heavy sigh.

"are you okay? is your past with him that bad?" felix asked worriedly as he squatted down on the ground beside minho.

"i wouldn't say it's good, that's for sure. it's not his fault though." minho explained with a heavy heart, "he's my ex boyfriend."

felix let out a loud gasp, not even really meaning to. it happened before he could stop himself.

"wow... i did not expect that." felix said with wide eyes, "are you going to tell jisung about him?"

"jisung knows about the fact that him and i dated, but he doesn't know changmin is here right now..." minho trailed off, "i have a class to teach felix, do you think we could talk about this later?"

"okay, i understand. i'll see you later min!" felix smiled as he ran out of the room, passing by all of the trainees entering minhos practice room.

minho sat with his head in his hands, unsure of how he was going to manage to teach a class when all he could think about was... changmin.

he felt guilty for thinking so much of changmin when he had jisung, but his mind and his heart were not aligned at that current moment.

or maybe they were more aligned than minho would like to admit.

minho never had closure with changmin. he never got to say goodbye or have a proper end to that relationship.

instead minho was forced away from changmin by his father, and was left with nothing but an aching heart from parting ways with his first love.

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after minho's class ended, he sat in the practice room alone, trying to clear his thoughts.

then, the only thought he kept having was that he needed to see changmin.

minho wasted no more time and ran straight over to the room chan typically is found in.

when minho got there, he knocked aggressively on the door and waited for an answer.

chan opened it after a few moments, "yesss?" he sang.

"can i come in?" minho asked trying to force himself inside.

"im kind of working on something right now. can it wait?" chan questioned.

"no, it can't wait. if i wait he'll be gone and he can't be gone. not again. i need hi— i need to see him i mean." minho stumbled over his words and simultaneously worried and confused chan.

"who minho?"

"changmin. ji changmin." minho stated.

from the inside, a boy heard this name and darted to the door.

"minho?" the boy questioned. he appeared just as young and innocent as he did all those years ago.

"changmin," minho didn't even know that his face lit up brighter than chan had ever seen before.

"what're you doing here?" changmin questioned, feeling overwhelmed from seeing minho after so many years.

"i work here." minho stated. he looked changmin up and down with a blissful smile. it was as if he was taking in the image of changmin to never forget it again.

"i can't believe it's you." changmin looked shocked, and that was all that was readable about his expression.

"i've been following your journey since your prefebut show. congratulations changmin. i know you always wanted to be an idol and well... now you are." minho spoke genuinely, he truly was happy for changmin.

"thank you." changmin blushed a deep shade of red, feeling slightly embarassed that minho actually kept up with him all this time.

"chan, would you mind if minho and i go talk for a bit? eric and sunwoo can help you with the song, i can figure out the choreo later." changmin explained and chan just nodded.

chan had an awful feeling in the pit of his stomach, but ultimately it was not his place to tell minho what to do.

"let's go talk in private minho, theres a lot we probably have to say to eachother." changmin proposed to minho, and the boy agreed without any hesitation.

"come with me," minho put out his hand for changmin to grab onto.

the boy developed a childish grin as the two ran through the hallways hand in hand. it felt like they were young and in love again, ignoring their responsibilities to the world, and only focused on eachother.

a.n.

some of y'all really forgot that is minhos ex 🥱🥱

it's ok though, i know i used to take forever to update this story

forgetting things is expected