I Have More Members Than You Have Friends [Entertainment Industry]

#Three years after failing to debut with BTS, Qi Yuyang has become the member of the group with the most fans in all of South Korea#

The day Qi Yuyang officially appeared before the public as a rookie, he set the whole internet ablaze. Countless people asked who the boy in the photos was, where he was from, how old he was, and cried, “Mommy loves you, sob sob sob.” The kid won fans the moment he appeared and somehow acquired a whole lot of new moms.

Then his debut stage came out, sparking a flood of passionate online posts:

[How can Korea’s biggest entertainment company use misleading photos too?? Visual? What a lie!]

[Is SM going under? Is this even the same person as in the photo? Call me stupid if you want, but don’t treat me like I’m blind.]

Finally, once the kid took off his heavy makeup and everyone realized he looked even better in person than in the photos, new trending topics appeared:

[Angel-faced Qi Yuyang, voice of a god, Qi Yuyang]

[Counting down the legendary disasters in a certain famous entertainment company’s styling]

After his debut, fans worried for a while that Qi Yuyang might not get along with the other members. His Korean wasn’t good, he’d been added to the group out of nowhere, and he couldn’t have the same bond with the others. He was also shy and quiet. His fans, all moms without the labor pains, were beside themselves with worry, until a fan-sign event:

“My favorite younger member? Yangyang! I liked him from the first moment. He’s so cute, but he seems shy. I post funny videos in the group chat and he never replies to me TT.”

“Yuyang? He’s a child I keep hidden in my heart, my precious treasure.”

“I have so many photos of Yangyang... It’s such a shame fans can’t see them, hahaha.”

“He’s a year younger than me. I want to give him every good thing in the world. I hope we can stay together forever.”

Later, when senior artists from the same company gave interviews:

“I’d like to release a song with a junior from the company... Want to know who? ...Um, Yuyang.”

“Please take good care of our Yuyang. He’s such a kind and beautiful kid.”

“There might be a new project soon, and I’ll be doing it with someone I really like... How did you know? Yes, it’s Yangyang.”

Eventually, when groups from other companies started doing it too, the fans were completely unfazed:

“What song have I been listening to lately? To be honest, there’s one I’ve played on repeat countless times. It’s sung by my beloved younger brother, and he wrote the lyrics and music himself. I think I was the first person to hear the finished version.”

“Did Yangyang mention me? I miss him a lot lately too. He seems really busy, and I never run into him. I’ve been playing Overwatch by myself too. It feels lonely.”

“The artist I most want to meet is Qi Yuyang□□! I really, really like you. I hope we can exchange numbers. Next time, I’ll be brave and go say hello.”

Fans: Okay, fine. This is nothing new. We’re used to it. Put #TheArtistEvenOtherArtistsAreFansOfQiYuyang# on the screen.

Note: The author is a longtime spoiler, the timeline is a mess, OOC warning, and it’s a feel-good wish-fulfillment story.

Theme: A young man becomes king in the end