30 — DOUBLE TROUBLE

twice the better.

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"when i told you i've always wanted to do this as part of the campaign, i was only half serious. i did not expect us to be doing this at all."

"well guess what sunshine? you must use that half-seriousness of yours for this one." yohan keeps him grounded, holding him with both arms.

"how about the hyungs? shouldn't we be informing them about this?"

"well we're not breaking any rules."

"we pretty are, as far as i'm concerned."

"it's not breaking the rules if they don't know anything, dongpyo-yah." hyeongjun mumbles.

"yah, where did you learn that kind of metaphor, hyeongjun-ie?" dongpyo turns to yohan. "you contaminated him with your ideals, did you?"

yohan just shrugs. "okay, just as how we practiced."

hyeongjun appears from the back, shoving his phone up close to show a picture of the person dongpyo is going to turn into. "hair pink, grey contacts. she usually uses things like this to casual events."

dongpyo nods and closes his eyes. he imagines his transformation, focusing entirely to the picture he had just saw.

"okay, you're doing great." yohan spins around. "yerim-ah, come here!"

dongpyo opens his eyes in confusion. "what are you doing—"

yerim gets up from the ground, her eyes still red after crying so hard for her stolen fan goods. "what.."

"dongpyo tried to disguise himself as sana-san. anything you would like to change from him?"

dongpyo clearly has no idea what yohan was trying to do, exposing him when he's already in his sana figure, so he shakes his head to deny his impulsive statement. "uh no, i'm not dongpyo—"

"wow, this is such a nice disguise you're putting.." yeri was still rubbing her eyes continuously to regain her sight. "i'll almost think that your sana.. but i know you just aren't."

hyeongjun gapes. "how could she even tell?? the differences are barely visible!"

like a drunken individual with no grips of reality, yeri limps her way towards dongpyo just so she could cup his cheeks lightly. "you're.. you're not sana."

"and what makes you think that he's not sana..?" yohan asks her seriously. "anything from his disguise that isn't working?"

"ah trust me, he's gonna fool a whole crowd with this one.." she pinches one of his cheeks lightly. "but you're never going to fool me. i know her too well to know this just isn't her."

hyeongjun looks at her confusedly. "uh.. noona? what are you doing?"

"because i would never able to do this to the real sana senpai because i'm not a delusional fansite and i respect her privacy, at least i could do it to you." she caresses dongpyo's cheeks lovingly. "try using a mask, will you? no one would survive seeing that precious face of yours."

dongpyo shoves her hands away, feeling a little bit weirded out by the skinship. "alright, i get you."

"so when will he appear?" hyeongjun asks yohan curiously.

"there's no particular time frame, but soon." yohan sighs. "and strange enough, i already have made the perfect scenario for him to pull off."

"have you voted?"

junho was surprised to see jisung being the one starting the conversation. he nods. "of course."

"and who did you pick?"

"is that even a question?"

jisung shrugs. "who knows? maybe you're confident enough to win without including your own vote."

junho laughs. "you really think i could ever be that stupid?"

"i don't know. but whoever you end up choosing, the results may be neutralized with my own vote, so don't worry."

"you voted for me?" junho furrows his eyebrows.

"i thought you should've known by now."

"forgive me for remembering that you kept reminding me that you're going to vote for my opponent the first day we interacted with each other."

jisung chuckles. "well things have definitely changed for the better now—"

"junho-yah! junho-yah—" chenle races his way towards the brunet. he stops. "ah, there you are, jisung, have you seen junho— oh, you're also here. of course, you're both inseparable."

junho turns to his fellow campaign team manager. "chenle-yah, what's wrong?"

"nothing much, i just wanted to let you know that i got these." he shows the batch of fan goods he stole from yeri.

jisung's eyes widen. "are those yeri-noona's season greetings?? the limited edition ones?? these things worth a million!"

"really? well technically i paid twice the price because i took it away from her without her consent.. but it's still mine to use anyway." chenle shows it off junho. "these are gold. we can use them as a part of your campaign, giving them out for free to the people who have voted for you."

junho glances at the goods confusedly. "i don't understand.. aren't these only pictures of the same girl printed in holographic paper..?"

"it's called photocards, junho-yah, and no, they're more than that." jisung grabs one from the batch. "this one is a limited photocard because it's not official, it's some sort of a merchandise created by a certain fansite who takes pictures of her. and if you could see here, these are postcards."

junho observes the items quietly. "and normal people usually get some sort of a serotonin boost every time they retrieve these things?"

"yeah. some people even collect them for fun."

"and.. they pay for these?" junho flutters his eyes. "how much for one?"

"it depends. kinda pricey for custom ones like these though."

"but it's just a picture printed in some fancy paper.."

chenle laughs. "junho is really uninformed about this photo cards thing."

"junho-yah, do you know who the girl in this picture is?" jisung asks, pointing at one of the photocards.

like a set up search bar, junho immediately detects the identity of the girl thanks to his incredible database. "i know. it's twice's sana."

"ah good, i thought you were as clueless as i thought you'll be." chenle sneers.

junho couldn't believe that out of all tricky questions he has gotten in his attempt of 'disguising as a human being', this was the hardest. god knows what'll happen if he pronounced the girl's name wrong.

"ah, jeno-hyung, come here!" chenle calls out to the latter who was heading towards them. "here comes another guy who doesn't care a bit about trending girl groups and their godsent photocards."

jeno scoffs. "excuse me?"

"of course, he only cares about jaemin-hyung." jisung grins.

junho has never seen jeno this close, so being able to get the chance of interacting with him without even approaching first really helped. jeno immediately notices the figure of a stranger in his circle, that's why his eyes immediately shifts to junho's. "cha junho, i see you're here with your campaign team. mind me borrowing these kids for a bit?"

junho nods. "it's alright, you're closest with them anyway."

"jeno-hyung! have you ever talked to him before? junho is actually one of my closest friends now!" jisung tells him excitedly as he pulls junho's arm closer to him. junho flinches, but he doesn't elaborate.

jeno ruffles his hair. "yah, so fast for you to replace me just like that, park jisung~"

"no hyung, it's not like that—"

"jisung and junho sitting on a tree," chenle sings the song in a mockingly way.

junho laughs. "please don't clown him like that. he's just in denial, that's all."

"never mind us, junho-ssi, we always clown jisung." jeno chuckles.

"yeah, with or without you." jisung sighs. "have you voted yet, hyung?"

jeno shrugs. "i'm just waiting for jaemin to vote too."

"so you could vote the same person as him?" chenle gapes. "wow, you really are whipped for him."

"well i personally don't really care about this election thing so i'll just follow whatever nana has in mind, i guess."

junho for the first time smiles in confidence. "i could assure you that he has lost interest for the other candidate, if that's what you're asking."

jeno gives him a wary look. he pauses. "... and what makes you think like that?"

"for you to say something so controversial, you really do have the guts." chenle shakes his head.

"what do you mean?"

"jeno-hyung knows everything about jaemin-hyung, junho-yah, and it's not even an exaggeration." jisung explains to him briefly. "so to have you state facts about jaemin-hyung that jeno-hyung doesn't even know... it's kind of threatening."

jeno laughs uncomfortably. "no, it's not that.. it's just..."

"just what?" junho tilts his head in curiosity.

the thought of jaemin hanging out with minhee's circle of friends appears in jeno's head, and the fact that he actually dragged him into the group proves that he's very comfortable with them and he would like to get closer with them. so what's the point of junho's statement that sounded a lot different than what he actually knows?

because of his lack of trust, jeno decides to stay silent.

"never mind that." jeno shakes his head. "it's nothing."

"hmm... okay. i suggest you to vote soon, because the period is almost going to end." he waves goodbye to the group. "there's something i need to talk about with jaemin-ssi and it must not be delayed. i'll talk to you guys later, thank you for your hard work!"

"bye, junho-yah," chenle returns the courtesy. "see, jisung? i told you he's nice. you should've joined the campaign team with me back then. you too, jeno-hyung."

jeno was too bothered to even answer. his eyes shift to the sight of junho approaching jaemin, sliding to a little small talk. just a moment after that, they slip out of the room to talk elsewhere.

cha junho..

unable to keep hold of his curiosity, he decides to follow them.

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"we should've told them we were coming,"

seungyoun grins as he nudges wooseok's shoulder. "what's wrong with a little surprise? you came here without telling them either a few days ago. did you enjoy your little dating advice with the inseparable jaemin jeno couple?"

wooseok shoves his arm away. "shut up."

seungwoo widens his eyes. "you're telling me that wooseok-ie actually got dating advice without cringing?"

seungyoun shrugs. "he actually enjoyed it."

wooseok glares at him. "sometimes i hate that i know you."

"but you don't hate me, so i think that's enough to make me keep teasing you."

wooseok sighs in defeat. there's really nothing he could do to stop him.

the trio gets off the car, stepping their foot on the school's parking lot that they're very familiar of. but it was not the only thing that caught their eyes.

seungwoo squints his eyes. ".. dude, isn't that daniel's car?"

wooseok flinches. "daniel?"

seungyoun furrows his eyebrows. "where??"

the oldest hyung's assumption was correct. kang daniel gets off the extremely fancy vehicle of his, still in his work attires. he immediately made eye contact with the trio. "ah, it's you guys. i was actually about to call seungyoun."

"daniel! what are you doing here?" seungwoo approaches him immediately, giving him a pat on the back.

"i heard minhee's election was today, so i chose to clear my schedules and to visit, of course." daniel returns seungwoo's welcome by putting his arm on his shoulder. "you didn't think that i'll come?"

"of course not." wooseok says sharply.

"kim wooseok, a way to return the courtesy." he smiles. "oh anyway, i want to introduce you guys to someone very special to me. uh sweetheart? when are you going to leave the car?"

wooseok flutters his eyes in confusion. "sweetheart..?"

a girl comes out of the passenger seat, her brunet hair lusciously getting blown by the wind as she did so. with her gorgeous tan and slender figure, they didn't have to think twice to know that she is indeed pretty. she approaches daniel's side, her face still covered by a mask and a pair of dark sunglasses.

"i want you guys to meet my girlfriend," daniel says with the biggest grin on his face. "this is park jihyo."

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again, i'm so so so SO sorry i haven't written as much, finishing this chapter itself took me a while bc i kept getting distracted to everything dhsjjs

so uh here's the twice crossover (no one wanted) what do you think? any guesses of what's going to happen when jihyo meets 'sana'? what do you think junho and jaemin are going to talk about? the answers will be revealed on the next chapter so pls stay tuned~

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