just a bit more

                  “ you know, maybe the problem isn’t the student but the TEACHER--- ” she’s completely joking and totally stalling her next attempt at the routine for the umpteenth time. “ you keeping telling me, ‘ like this! like this! ’ but doing it ‘ LIKE THIS ’ is kind of hard for someone with so little experience! and imitation is difficult when you’re not sure what you’re doing in the first place... ” nari’s voice grows softer towards the end until she’s mumbling, her playful expression turning bashful in an instant. asking for woojin’s help seemed like a great idea in the moment -- after all, he has a TON of experience under his belt, and he SEEMS nice enough -- but the longer they practice, the more nari feels as though she’s just wasting his time. he most likely has much better things to do than watch his fellow trainee mess up over and over again.

thank you for the welcome!!

                    nari nods as her eyes scan the sheet music, breathing in deeply and lightly slapping her cheeks before opening her mouth to sing again. this song has admittedly given her a hard time – she’s done pretty well on her own, to be fair, but if there’s one thing nari has learned, it’s to not allow one’s pride to get in the way of good advice. that’s why she keeps jisoo’s instructions in mind as she sings this time, her smile growing wider and WIDER when the lyrics pass her lips more fluidly than before. by the end of it, nari’s grin is BLINDING.

some headcanons about one of my favorite nerds!!

nari is left handed 

this frikkin dork will set reminders on her phone like “ don’t give up!! ” “ smile you lovely human being!! ” and there’s a 100% chance that she’s set similar reminders on her friends’ phones without their knowledge

listens to a wide variety of music -- most likely has dabbled in a bit of everything despite favoring pop

really huge fan of dbsk and is forever sad that they split up

but seriously they were one of the groups she grew up listening to bc of mirae and mrs. kim

even mr. kim listened to them quite a bit 

so to this day nari still listens to their old stuff as well as the new stuff they’ve released separately

she isn’t actually a BAD dancer per se; she’s just inexperienced and a tad slow when picking it up 

her mom likes to tease her about her dancing all the time tho

likes to attempt learning her seniors’ choreography

even when she leaves practice she doesn’t stop practicing; she’ll continue to work on things at home

mirae has to play the older sister card sometimes to make nari stop and work on other things

for future reference, if you want nari to do something, just ask. she has a really hard time saying no