(You’re Till)

“Huntrix! Huntrix! Huntrix!” The name ‘Huntrix’ resonated throughout the stadium as the fans waited eagerly for the trio’s arrival. There wasn’t a single person in Korea who didn’t know about the famous band Huntrix. Huntrix consisted of one boy and two girls, Hyuna, Till, and Mizi “Hyuna’s my favorite. She’s the visual and lead dancer of Huntrix. Nobody can move like Hyuna.” “We’re here for Mizi! She’s the rapper and lyricist. She’s also the cutest maknae!” “We love Till! He’s pop star royalty. His mom was a Sunlight Sister but passed away when he was an infant. He’s the main vocalist of the group.” The music crescendoed as the fans screamed in ecstasy upon the trio’s extravagant appearance. Spotlights erupted in bursts of violet and gold. A shimmering curtain of holographic lights rippled apart, and Huntrix emerged—Hyuna leading with her signature smirk, Mizi throwing hearts with both hands, and Till grinning at his fans with his ever growing confidence. “Come on now!”

Golden’s release had been pushed up but Till’s voice hadn’t. The patterns had grown and grown before consuming most of Till’s body, including his voice, the only thing that could help seal the Honmoon for good. Hyuna and Mizi had noticed this change in Till and decided to address the matter “Hey, Till, are you ok?” Mizi asked softly “I don’t think I can sing Golden… my voice… it’s in trouble.” Hyuna and Mizi gave each other one glance before responding “Oh yeah we totally got to fix that.” “Yeah definitely.”

And with that, they set off to a clinic that could heal anything from sore throats to relationship problems (as Mizi claimed). Till could already feel that this place was shady but decided to humor Mizi’s idea while still holding onto a sliver of hope that these tonics might actually help fix his voice. Till was clearly proven wrong when he found out the doctor was a fake while waiting for his batch of tonics to be fetched. The trio was making their way out off an alleyway, tonic box in hand, when they suddenly encounter a group approaching them. In a moment of panic of getting caught by the fans, the trio quickly disguise themselves.

As the group approached them, the trio stood dead still, completely entranced by their beauty. There was a girl with short black hair and a white head band, a man with warm brown skin and a scar on his face, another with bleached blond hair and a muscular build, while in the right hand corner was another blond with pale skin and wavy hair, and lastly in the middle (who was presumably their leader) was a tall man with raven black and the same piercing black eyes Till could’ve sworn he’d seen before. During their distracted trance, the black haired one dumped into Till, causing him to trip and fall down while the tonics went flying. Ivan offered his hand out to help but retracted it just as Till was about to reach out for it “Watch yourself.” Till, shocked at the remark, snapped back “Watch my- watch yourself!”

When the group left, the trio picked up the fallen tonics while gagging about how ‘ugly’ the group was when they heard music playing nearby. The trio made their way to the crossing to inquire about the noise when they saw the people from before appear from out of pink smoke in the crossing “What!? These guys are a band?”