Jungwonβs POV
On the morning of March 10,2026, fandoms cried due to the news of hee-seungβs departure. If i couldβve prevented this from happening, my whole page wouldnβt be flooded with engeneβs crying, and getting mad. The members and I werenβt informed about this happening, infact we haven't planned anything like this to happen at all during our career as a group. βTell me what they posted isnβt true, tell me it Jungwon hyungβ said Niki βTell me that we are still a 7 member group.Tell me that hee-seung hyung didnβt leave for a solo career that he couldβve had while being in the group.β His eyes looked like they carried a whole ocean. βNiki I canβt say anything about that, even I wasnβt informed.β I said. I couldnβt take it anymore, losing hee-seung hyung was like losing a father. You wonβt have your manly figure.He was a special person not only to us but to the engeneβs. βJungwon I donβt think the fans are taking this good as well.β Jake hyung said looking at his phone βThey are posting edits about our group being 7 not 6. They are in a ba-β he said being cut off by Sunoo hyung βThey are even protesting outside, some fans even sent trucks!β Sunoo Hyung covered his mouth while looking at his phone.I knew that whatever the fans did could change what HYBE has said. βI have an idea. If the fans keep protesting and we can get other big fandoms or even big groups to help us, we may be able to bring back Hee-seung hyung, we shouldnβt lose hope and we should protest in silence. We should wear similar clothes as him and signs of the number 7, ok.β I said. I knew that protesting would be a good strategy. βI mean we canβt make the thing about the fandom or the groups happen, that the fans can do. We can do the silent protest like you said Jungwon, but what if engene get out of hand when they protest?β said Jay hyung with puffy eyes βI β¦ donβt knowβ I said . If that were the case we could do nothing but watch. This is for sure the worst nightmare for our group.
Authorβs Pov
While the HYBE building was in ruins, the SKZ practice room was in shock. βDid you guys see the news about Hee-seung?β said lee know βNo what happened?β said I.N in a scared tone βHYBE Posted something in the morning saying that heβs leaving the group to pursue his solo career.β said Changbin. That info made Bangchan,Hyunjin and Seungmin choke on their water. βWHAT IN THE LIVING WORLD? How? Why?β said Bangchan in a surprised tone βThat wouldnβt be a reason for someone at their peak of their career to leave. He couldβve gone solo and still be in the group like a ton of artists. BlackPink for example, theyβre all solo but still in the groupβ continued bangchan. β We lost our hyung as well. Will we let them suffer that as well? I say no.β said Bangchan. He already knew how it felt to lose a hyung and that pain is horrible .A type of horrible that nobody would want to feel. If they wanted to help, then they should help fast!
Bang Chanβs pov
I knew exactly what I had to do. I had to talk with our βCEOβ Park Jin-young. I was sure we could do something. Something to bring him back. I know that for a fact Jay wouldnβt be able to help lead Enhypen as the oldest.. Itβs way too much pressure for him and for the members. βThis is absurd, how could HYBE do this to their artist!β I said in my angered tone walking into our Ex-CEOβs office . βBang Chan, you know I canβt do anything about what other companies do. I can only control what we do here at JYP, not HYBE,or YG, nor SM. And why are you so frustrated on Mr. Hee-seungβs departure? Heβs not in your company at all.β Said Park Jin-young sunbaenim. βI am doing this for the fans. Not only are Stayβs our fans but they are also Engene and Engene are the ones being hurt with Hee-seungβs departure. And you have to do something about it , a conference about this with all of the companies about removing members.β I said with anger that I shouldn't be using at my sunbaenim. βChristopher Chan Bang, you have no reason to speak to me with that tone at all.β He looked surprised as if he just saw something in his dream. βIf you donβt do something, weβll disband, all 8 of us will leave the group.β It was the first thing that came to my mind. I trained for a long time to get into this group and giving it up was not on my bucket list. βYou're testing my limits Bang Chan,you canβt leave the group without my permission or disband as well, and I canβt just make a meeting with the other CEOs of the other companies and theyβre our rival companies, keep that in mind.β My CEO said, Iβm testing HIS limits, more like HEβS testing MY limits. βIβM SERIOUS IF YOU DONβT DO THE MEETING WITH THE OTHER COMPANIES I WILL LEAVE AND DISBAND STRAY KIDS!β I said .It was technically screaming at this point. βIβll talk with them and just go back to practice. We need to win the βBest boy groupβ awardβ He said. I finally got what I asked for and that was to bring Hee-seung back.
Jungwonβs pov
tβs only been a few hours since the news came out and Iβve been in the bathroom crying my eyes out. Like Iβm not lying , my eyes are currently red. When I got out I heard someone else cry and that was sunoo Hyung. βYah Sunoo Hyung donβt cry, we could go through this together, think of our new song you know that Big Girls Donβt Cry.β I tried to lighten the mood but that only won me a beating from him βYah Jungwonie Iβm a male as you can see and itβs easy for you to say ,look at your eyes there as red as a cherry so donβt even try to lie a single bit. Ugh I just donβt know how weβll manage without Hee-Seung hyung and who will do all of his parts?β said Sunoo Hyung. I can admit when Sunoo Hyung gets very sad it can be like Iβm the one taking care of him. βWe will manage Hyung just you have to believe ok, we are now a 6 member boy group and we canβt do anything but smileβ I said, but I felt as if that would change in the future. Maybe we lose members or maybe get Hee-seung Hyung back?