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“the overprotective brother is such a tired trope. i’m the overprotective sister.”

“well, from what i understand, it’s warranted,” daewon answered seriously. “and i would hate to add to that turmoil. you have my word, i’ll be the best partner i can be.”

“oh, that big white guy, right? looks like a bodybuilder? i feel like i saw him on set for idol project once or twice. didn’t realized they were together, though– thought it was someone’s security detail, but that makes so much more sense.”

“more individual than an international super-group? okay, yeah. on my way to go work on that,” she retorted sarcastically

“see, this wasn’t weird, and then you had to go and make it weird,” she sighed dramatically, rolling her eyes and laughing. “my brother’s not allowed to date a weirdo. you better shape up.”

“hey, i just made an observation!” he insisted with a laugh. “damn. i didn’t know you were the gatekeeper. i’ll do better in the future.

“that’s why we need to be together, obviously. give all the closeted boys something to aspire for,” quin whined. “she’s really talented. i saw her on idol project 2– she seemed so….scary, but like she knew what she was doing.”

“i… just… why does venus have to steal all the attention? reign too? they’re already established, but every time they come back, it ruins anyone else’s chance of doing anything,” she insisted, getting frustrated enough that she got teary eyed.

“I didn’t think so…” Eli answered, scratching their head. “I’ll keep sticking with the practices, then.”

“wow. way to let a guy down easy,” quyen answered with a tiny smile, shaking his head. “that makes sense. working with someone like jangbyul is probably a huge upside.”

“that doesn’t omit the fact that byulbit’s flopping in korean. and for a kpop group, that’s not good,” she answered with an eyeroll.

“is that why you came here? or was it just for the dance team?” quyen inquired