Read 'em and Weep! {NA JAEMIN}

ONE

"How have the Literature classes been going?" your father asked Sungchan as you picked at the food left on your plate.

"They're going well! How has the production of the final season of Finder x Locator been?" he asked casually.

"It's been wonderful! How have the new comics been?" Your Dad turned his attention to Sungchan's father, one of the heads of WizMedia.

"I want to say great, however..." his voice trailed off as he glanced at Sungchan to finish what he was thinking. How strange you thought.

"I didn't know his article was going to get that popular," Sungchan sighed, turning his head back down to his plate as if he was embarrassed.

"What article?" you asked, a sudden curiosity swelling in you.

"Oh, this scathing review of that wolf comic came out and went viral. It's gotten a ton of engagement online," your Mom explained, surprised that you didn't know. You glanced at Hendery, your body frozen.

"The one by Patches?" Hendery asked for you, sensing that your brain was already doing damage control.

"That's the one. Although, this buzz might bode well when those final chapters get done," Sungchan tried to sound positive, likely to cover for his roommate.

"I don't know, it was pretty intense," your Dad chuckled, and a horrible feeling settled in your stomach as you shot up from your chair.

"I'm going to use the restroom!" you announced, walking quickly to the bathroom furthest from the dining room.

Perched on your bathtub, it took about a minute of snooping to find an article published early in the afternoon that day with the title, 'Ten reasons why Flight of the Wolves is bad, actually.' Squinting you scrolled down to see hundreds of comments all agreeing with the article, stating that they were annoyed with how overhyped and basic your work was. You shook your head, scrolling back up to the top to check the name of the author.

"That fucker," you muttered, staring at the name Na Jaemin that sat in black and white on your phone. Jaemin, the one who couldn't even help with the classwork, was not only Sungchan's roommate, but randomly decided to shit on your hard work.

Whatever, this happens, you reminded yourself. At the very least he didn't know who your parents were- it would likely make this far worse.

You decided to go against your better judgment, and pop onto the Patches twitter. Your eyes widened at the obscene amount of mentions the account was getting, and the color drained from your face the more you looked at what people were saying.

Patches is such an overhyped, annoying author. I'm glad people are finally seeing this!

I hate them and that stupid furry comic book, I hope they fucking d!3. I'm so serious rn.

Flight of the Wolves had horrendous art style with an egocentric comic book author that won't even say who they actually are. If I could find him, I'd k!ll him myself!

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While you spent the weekend sulking and dreading speaking with your editor, Jaemin spent the weekend in a pretty good place. He had written an article that he wasn't exactly proud of, but it seemed to be doing well enough for him to be excited to go into the office on Monday.

"Jaemin, that was a great job there! That's exactly what I knew you could do!" Johnny encouraged once Jaemin got into the office. Jaemin forced a smile and quietly thanked Johnny. With the article being shared on the Geek Labs social media accounts, it spread rapidly and attracted some comments agreeing with Jaemin, much to his dismay.