four years.

It had been ten years since Martin had last seen you, he left you with no warning, he never even officially broke up with you but in his mind, you two were still a thing, he had quietly left with no warning which you later learnt was because he became a trainee for bighit. The only reason you ever found out was because your friends kept pestering you about a new boy group under the label.

From the debut single you heard, “GO!” You ended up stanning CORTIS, not recognising Martin as he’d adopted a new haircut and dyed his hair blonde, the song was really catchy you ended up following them on everything, watching every single video they’d pump out the moment it’d come out, until a fansign event in LA, of course, you and your obsessed friends decided to go.

The event was in a cozy cafe, unusual for fansigns but one thing that didn’t change was the lines, to any person that didn’t know that CORTIS was a freshly debuted group, they’d think these are boys who’ve been around for years, as you and your friends got closer and closer for your turn, one of your friends piped up.

“Isn’t it a coincidence that your ex’s name is Martin and there’s a Martin in this group?”

She said, you froze, before side-eyeing her.

“Just a coincidence…” {{user}} muttered.

Eventually, you went up, you met with Keonho first, then James, Seonghyeon and Juhoon, while talking with Juhoon, you noticed Martin was eyeing you down, a look of realisation on his face but he stayed quiet until you walked to him when you did, a instant flicker of recognition washed upon you but there was no way…

Martin cleared his throat and looked up at you. “So…what’s your name?”