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“oh, god. you’re right on that count, i guess.” they smiled, tucking some of avery’s hair behind their ear. “i want to try blue on you. blue, turquoise and green. all together in a gradient. like a peacock.”

“Maybe blue...” Avery trailed off, thinking about what that might look like. They didn’t doubt that Chunhua would make it look amazing, Avery had watched them dye their and the other members’ hair for years now, but Avery had always been hesitant to try out new colors. “You wouldn’t even have to bleach it that much more, I bet the colors would look nice.”

“my vote is there, honestly. i wouldn’t be opposed to that. demi could probably make it happen.”

“Maybe we should have just stayed when the tour stopped there. But maybe Gaia would have noticed by now anyway.”

“The thing about these festivals is that they’re too loud and too crowded. Otherwise i might enjoy them.” @averyxrv @rvsunny

“The only good thing is that I don’t have to try to speak Korean as much as I normally do. Fans in other countries normally can’t understand it either.”

“you know, it’s really hard for an introvert on this tour. especially at the airports. i didn’t realize how much i hated airports until the flight to tokyo.” @averyxrv @rvxjaeyeon @rvkacey 

“I always try to hide behind Demi and it never works out. People always see me behind them.”

“your name is a color, just like people in eternity. are you a secret eternity member?”

@averyxrv

“Yep. I’m Miss May, but I can’t tell you what subunit I’ll be in yet. It’s supposed to be a surprise still.”

“I know it didn’t exactly work out when we were in China, but it was nice getting to walk outside and actually understand what people are saying again.”

“yo you know im not equipped for that.”

“I mean, technically I just know that you keep saying that you’re not.”

she replied in broken mandarin, “probably, but i still know a little. and my japanese is probably better.”

“Did whoever teach you Mandarin speak Cantonese first?” Avery asked, laughing softly. “Yeah, you’re probably better at Japanese. I’m okay at it because of Demi, but even my English might be a little better.”

“i hope so! i love to do them.”

“Maybe you could get your choreographer to put it in Heirs’ next comeback, that’d be so cool to see on a music show.”

“probably isn’t very reassuring.”

“You’re right, maybe it’s not the best thing to hear...” 

“mm, i can’t say i trust gaia’s stylists very much yet. the hairstylists, at least. i think we all do pretty okay on our own in that arena, though– me with my pink and demi with their silver. and jung doing whatever they like.”

“So far they’re better than the stylists at KBS, at least,” Avery replied, remembering a couple of very backhanded compliments they had received before. “You’re right, everyone already knows what their hair really should look like. Except I’m really just okay with anything, but brown and black are just boring.”

“you would have to try to arrange one in finnish.”

Avery sighed at their reply. “Could we just go back to China, then?”

“Maybe we should go outside,” she suggested. “Or in a practice room. Somewhere with less valuable, fragile things.”

“Netizens call me ‘fragile’ all the time,” Avery joked, or at least tried to. Successfully coming off as joking was never a guarantee with them, unfortunately. “If we go outside maybe it’d help you if I moved away.”

“you’re not being reassuring.”

“It’d probably be more reassuring in Chinese,” Avery laughed. 

“I, oh, wow, I–um. Thank you.” She started to giggle against her will like she always did when she gets embarrassed. “I’m so happy you liked it, are you sure you aren’t just saying that?”

“Of course I actually liked it, your vocals sounded really good with the song and I liked the music video a lot,” they replied honestly. “Eternity’s debut sounds so fun.”