AM 4:44

Would you prefer if I admire you up close instead?

“Hey now, being like me doesn’t come without its consequences,” he wrinkled his nose slightly at the thought, taking another sip of his drink before heaving a sigh, “Is it really worth the trouble if speaking up only causes more problems? It’s easy not to fear consequences when you don’t know what they are, y’know? Sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing...”

After their game finishes, he’s left grinning widely at the victory screen being presented to him, though the young woman’s voice is quickly heard over the large headphones covering his ears. “Yah, come on, be a good sport, I--” he starts off, though as soon as he sees her expression, he knows she’s fed up enough already. He quickly logs himself out of the game and shuts his computer off, pushing his chair back and tilting his head a bit to gesture for her to move off to the side to meet him away from the cubicles, “Let’s head out then, hm?”

Yo.

He hears a voice being shot in his direction from out of sight, and by the time he manages to find the source his hands quickly have to come up and catch the bag thrown at him. “Yah, that’s dangerous. You could hurt someone like that, macho man,” he laughs, pulling the bag open with ease before taking a piece out and munching on it, holding the bag out to her afterwards, brows raising as if to offer her some.

Obviously, as a person, she was free to make her own choices. Though if his female colleagues were anything to go by, occasionally even his own group, then he knew of the strict dieting restrictions imposed onto many people in their industry. He understood the need to an extent, having the idol look their best while on stage was very important, though how healthy they were or how much energy they had to perform seemed to only be something that the idol had to deal with. Her words made him snicker, glad to hear that she shared a very similar mindset with him on the matter, “That’s a good way to put it,” he replied with a small smile, hands slipping into his pockets, “I’m just saying. Since you’re promoting right now they’re bound to be keeping a close eye on what you girls eat, right? I know how that’s like, it’s pretty rough. Especially for you, I’d assume. Always belting out those high notes and all must be exhausting, or at least it was for Daehyun... though come to think of it that’s probably just because of the way that kid is,” he laughs a bit more, shaking his head and resting his face in his palm for a brief moment.