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"Ta-dah~" She excitedly shakes the gift in front of Jino's face, which results in the pup joining in and wagging the tail with equal joy against the tall man. "And you won't have the clingy Owl sending you break up notifications."

“thank you for this,” he gives her neck an extra nuzzle, nose intending to burrow when he hears meong meong whine from the neglect. “wait meongs, daddy needs some alone time with your mum, i haven’t seen her in weeks.” he laughs but pulls away anyways to give the pup a gentle scratch behind the ears. jino was trying to appear positive but the idea of going abroad just when he had some time to spend with minseo had left his spirits somewhat dwindled. “is this the only surprise or— do you have a dinner show or something in mind?” he glances over minseo’s shoulder at the bags left on the kitchen counter.

“ah,” jino had almost forgotten, alongside his momentary employment pause, erm — vacation — was also a break from his youtube channel. it had begun to be too much for him at the tail end of filming martine corporation, so he and his manager had agreed that it was a good time to step back. “that would have been a fire collab but i’m taking a break from that youtube stuff, i got so busy by the end of filming martine corp that i was kind of neglecting making videos. now would have been a great time for them but i think i need to just relax, focus on me and less ... stretching myself every-which way , y’know?”

"i think that makes sense. take a few steps away to focus on your acting bit." yushin nods, thumbs up. he envies the lifestyle the models and actors seemed to have with the variety of projects. he wondered if v+a would be permitted to ever have their own personal channels in the future... "are you aiming for a cretain type of project in the future? have you participated in any of the musicals within the company?"

“yea, it was getting a bit too much for me. I thought I could juggle both but then it felt like I was not giving as much energy into one and at a certain point, it definitely didn’t feel as fun anymore. maybe i’ll try again at the end of the year.” jino smiles, a chuckle at the cusp of his tongue at the mention of a musical. “me and my two left feet in a musical? maybe if it was about a guy who can’t dance — sure, i’ll take that role. mm, i’m still entertaining different roles, honestly. i’m trying to not limit myself. i find the best way to improve is trying everything and then going from there.”

"i'm not usually on variety alone typically... usually with my group." but his group was getting smaller and smaller over time. so truthfully, it felt like he as an individual had more area to cover nowadays, but thankfully years of training and experience made it second nature. "although there are some variety shows i'd like to appear on. speaking of, how's your youtube channel going, bud? need a... duck feature?"

“ah,” jino had almost forgotten, alongside his momentary employment pause, erm — vacation — was also a break from his youtube channel. it had begun to be too much for him at the tail end of filming martine corporation, so he and his manager had agreed that it was a good time to step back. “that would have been a fire collab but i’m taking a break from that youtube stuff, i got so busy by the end of filming martine corp that i was kind of neglecting making videos. now would have been a great time for them but i think i need to just relax, focus on me and less ... stretching myself every-which way , y’know?”

”i did think about what i was going to say.” seona tells him. “probably too much,” she confesses with a laugh. “but at the end of the day, how much is there to say? thank you to this and that person for whatever they did. i’m grateful for the opportunity, i had such an amazing time, blah blah blah.” she shakes her head, letting out a sigh. “i think that’s what they expect from us. do you have anything revolutionary written down?” she raises an eyebrow, looking at him curiously.

“you’ve done this before, eh? what is it, fifth time’s the charm? thank this person, thank that person — crack a joke here, raise a glass there?” he laughs, an eyebrow crooked upwards as he jokes; “ah, trying to cash in on my wisdom?” he pulls his speech — barely more than a paragraph, and in typical jino fashion: short and sweet. running through his speech, he reaches for one of the more special lines: “oh — i did throw in a line from shrek in here.” 

"Should we make a bet?" How shocking that he couldn't go a single moment from betting on something with Jino. It was a reoccurring activity between the two of them at this point. He finds it hilarious to make a bet when it comes to finding balance on water when he was standing across from a man that had spent his youth in New Zealand, but confidence was an infinite source within him when it came to sports. "Over, or under... Who will gulp water more by the end of the session?"

his ears immediately perk up at the proposition of a gamble — now, jino wouldn’t call himself a gambler but there was truly a fun time when it came to betting between friends. “okay but how are we going to measure that … should we keep a tally of who falls in more? what if a toe dips in a bit? or a pinky? and does it count when we’re like … slowly sinking when the boat comes to a stop?” he laughs, “or, or — maybe how long we can stay upright?”

he pops over to the fridge to collect some more ice for both their drinks, before taking a seat back down. "is this the first time you guys are apart for a period of time?"

immediately he opens the google flights tab, “yea, timing hasn’t really been on our side lately. she’s on tour, i’m on break, there’s no time for a proper date.” 

"Do you have sunscreen for your face?" He asks as a last hail mary for his eyes. He figures he could cover his eyes and then spray his face, working in the sunscreen into his skin to avoid irritating his eyes. "I'll be prepared better next time..." He mumbles, knowing that was another lie, or wishful thinking. He would mature eventually in that regard. He rejoices when the instructor tosses him a small tube of sunscreen lotion. "I owe you one!"

“toss it here,” he raises his hands for the catch, already ignoring the nagging that he knows his mom will be berating him for once he sends the pictures of their lesson through text later that day. “just a little — last ditch effort to save me from that sunglasses tan.” he laughs, shoving the glasses that were currently perched on his nose to sit at his crown. a shadow of a tan can already be seen.

<3 @lgcjino

“hey! yea, long time no see, being busy probably doesn’t cut it. i heard you guys are coming back soon, you must be exhausted preparing for that.” word around the street had gotten around fast and jino was not immune it to — especially when fans had already begun campaigning around the company in anticipation for it. “so psyched, last year i thought would be the end of it but to be invited again to promote is always fun. at least this time i won’t have an audience if i end up losing a ‘game’, it’ll just be you, me and the camera.” he laughs, nodding his head to the makeshift set up of a living room with the nintendo switch 2. “have you played any yoshi games?”

“well… does shakira speak three languages?” she asks before shaking her head “i can’t help, but be confused though… what in the world do i need to learn spanish for?” she tilts her head a bit to the side. “i don’t think we’d be able to hold a conversation witg just bad bunny and shakira lyrics…. thinking further about it, maybe just learning shakira songs wasn’t the perfect way to study spanish… maybe i should… listen to jenifer lopez songs too or something?”.

“give me a second, google has not caught up to your question.” he jokes, pretending to type in said question into the search engine as he lets his phone screen fade to black. “while it did not help me learn the language, i definitely feel like it has given me a drop into the culture aspect and that counts for something, si?” don’t @ jino, he’s not sure if he’s used the right context there but he pretends for the sake of the lesson they just tried to learn.