Broken Clockwork: Chapter 1
Title: Broken Clockwork
Fandom: Infinite
Pairing: MyungGyu (Myungsoo x Sunggyu)
Rating: PG
Genre: Angst, Romance
Summary: Myungsoo is sick and tired of his continuous and tiring schedules and wishes he no longer needs to deal with the tiring life of an idol. But he realizes a little too late that he should be careful of what he wishes for.
Warning: Broken!OT7
Chapter 1
All the bones in Myungsoo’s body ache as he pulls himself out of the car and into the building of their dorm. It had been a full day of filming and schedules, and he thinks he’s only slept for two hours for past three days. He can hardly keep his eyes open. Fans outside shove presents at him, and he mumbles thanks to them as he gratefully accepts the packages.
“Myungsoo!” He hears the chirpy voice of Sungyeol as soon as he enters through the door. “The managers want us to go to the practice room tonight. They want us to start preparing for our comeback.”
Sungyeol flinches as Myungsoo slams the door in his face. He collapses on the bed, and wonders why he thinks he wanted this lifestyle. Sure, the popularity and fame was nice, but was it worth it being this tired all the time?
Myungsoo doesn’t get up when he hears the soft knocking on his door. The door creaks open, and a ray of light floods in as Sunggyu pokes his head in.
“Myungsoo-ah. Can I come in?”
“Yes.”
Sunggyu carefully closes the door behind him, and comes and sits on the bed.
“Are you okay?”
“Hyung, I’m just tired. I had two hours of sleep these past three days.”
“I know, I know. But our comeback is soon. I promise we won’t work you hard. At least go and look at Hoya’s moves so that you can catch up easily later on. This practice isn’t an option...”
Sunggyu leans over and gently places a kiss on Myungsoo’s forehead.
“Take a nap. I’ll come and get you when you need to go.”
Myungsoo doesn’t make a sound as Sunggyu leaves the room. He feels like crying - the managers did nothing to reduce the amount of schedules he had, and now they have an impending comeback. It wasn’t fair that he was the only one who had to do everything.
He stares at the ceiling and wishes that he is no longer an idol. Although he loves Infinite, he doesn’t think he’d be able to survive. He wishes that no longer has to deal with these schedules.
As his eyes shut and sleep overtakes him, he wishes that he is ten years in the future when he no longer has to attend countless photo shoots and prepare for comeback stages one after another.
One of the packages that a fan gave him starts to glow in the corner of the room.
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As his eyes flutter open, Myungsoo’s first thought is that the boys moved him to the practice room when he was sleeping. The ceiling is not the one in his room, and everything seems brighter and…white.
“He’s awake!”
He tries to get up, but his body still aches. He groans and suddenly hands appear out of nowhere to fuss over him.
“Guys, I’m just tired. It’s not like I’m disabled…” Myungsoo’s voice trails off as he sees the face of a stranger peering at him. The stranger helps Myungsoo lean against the wall behind him. He takes in his surroundings and realizes that he’s in a hospital, his eyes widening in surprise.
“Hi, L-sshi. I’m Dr. Lee. Do you know remember what happened?”
“No…all I remember is being in my room - where are the others? Sunggyu-hyung?”
The nurses exchange worried looks, and the doctor frowns.
“L-sshi, what year is it?”
“It’s 2012…isn’t it?”
The doctor sighs and sits down on the bed.
“L-sshi, you were in a car accident on your way home from filming. I think your head may have been injured and you might have lost some of your memories. The year is 2022.”
Myungsoo stares at the doctor in disbelief. 2022? He forgot 10 years of his life? It seemed surreal, and he doesn’t know what to do. He wants to talk to the members about what has been going on. He pales suddenly as he remembers that he was in a car crash - were the others filming with him? He grabs the hand of the doctor.
“Where are the others? Are they okay? Were they in the car with me?”
“You were the only one in the car at the time.”
“Oh thank god the members are okay. Where are they now? They must be so worried…”
The doctor clears his voice, and stands up. He looks at Myungsoo sadly but doesn’t say a word. A nurse from the side murmurs something that Myungsoo barely manages to hear:
“Oh the poor child still thinks Infinite is together…”
Myungsoo faints.
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When he regains consciousness again, his face is wet from all the tears. He doesn’t understand what is happening anymore. He sees a man sleeping by his bedside, and for a second he thinks that it was all a dream, that Woohyun is by his side. But when he reaches out to wake the man, he realizes that it isn’t Woohyun.
“L! Thank god you’re awake.”
“…who are you?”
The man stares in shock at Myungsoo for a second, but then he smiles again. Myungsoo narrows his eyes, and wonders how he could’ve mistaken this man for Woohyun. They look nothing alike, but there is a slight resemblance from the side profile. He shakes the thoughts from his head, and turns to the man, waiting for an introduction.
“I’m your manager, Kang Soonjin. The doctor warned me that you would have issues with your memory…I’m so sorry that this happened L. The driver should’ve been more careful - I already fired him.”
“Why did you fire him? I doubt he crashed on purpose. Is he hurt?”
Soonjin frowns at him slightly.
“He had some external injuries. I fired him because he hurt you…”
“Don’t fire him. I’m sure he’ll be more careful next time.”
“Uh…okay.”
Myungsoo rubs his head slightly. He needs to find out what happened to Infinite. And he needs to talk to Sunggyu - Sunggyu would know what to do.
“Hyung. I want to go home.”
TBC.
a/n: My first attempt at an Infinite fic (as well as chaptered), so I hope you guys show a lot of love :) It's a little different from what I normally write, so feedback would be appreciated!