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The staff inform her that her partner is already waiting inside, so Soyoun puts on her friendliest smile when instructed to enter the room. Her smile no longer feels forced when she sees a familiar face waiting for her. “Hi! I’m Soyoun. It’s nice to meet you too, Sungkyu,” she says with a smile. She looks around them, and indeed, it looks like they will be cooking. “I’m as ready as I’ll ever be.” She decides to break the ice. “On a scale of disaster to Gordon Ramsay, how would you rank your cooking skills?”  

he feels loads more comfortable with the familiar face, and sungkyu's body begins to relax more and more, bit by bit. he smiles pleasantly at her, chuckling as he bows his head once more, his gaze firmly on her as he lifts his stare. he's incredibly aware of the cameras around them, and he shifts for a moment, uncomfortable until the eye settles back with him once more.

his smile widens even more with a warm chuckle at her response. he nods along with her-- blinking and raising his eyebrows at her question. his teeth worry his lower lip, and he lets out a long hum. the corners of his lips are twitching-- amused, before slowly lifting into a small smile, and there's a playful twist to it. "ah...gordon ramsay..." he trails off. "is he a real cook or an actor?" he muses, before ducking his head shyly, rubbing the back of his neck. he doesn’t know much about the guy, other than he’s some sort of celebrity in the cooking field. "i'm not a disaster, but i don't think i'm mr. ramsey, either? i'm a quick learner though." he's quick to amend, dropping his hand.

he drifts his attention to the counter, and moves to grab one of the aprons laid out for them. sungkyu extends it out to soyoun, smiling encouragingly. "these first, probably?" he tilts his head. "and then washing our hands. that's the most important one." he grins cheekily, eyes bright.

he lets out a small, pensive, huh, before turning to sungkyu. “do you think we’re lost?” he asks, laughing nervously—sheepishly. they’re definitely lost. and maybe if his stupid phone would work— “maybe just a teeny tiny bit lost.” 

great. 

sungkyu feels like he could tour japan all day, no rest-- completely entertained and satiated by the sights and the experience alone. at the prospect of exploring, he's quick to jump up at opportunty, happy to be out and about in the city. he doesn't really care where they go, so he's mindless as they move around. he pops up with a question or a oh, that's so cool to something they pass by. and sure, maybe he should be at least paying attention to where they're going-- but sungkyu's so distracted by everything around him, that he doesn't give it much thought at all.

when the scenery becomes less and less busy, does sungkyu let the thought of huh, where are we? cross his brain. blinking curiously, he's studying their surroundings when eunho hums, and immediately sungkyu turns his stare to him. "uh," he blinks, his gaze averting back to around them. his teeth worry his lip. "maybe...? a little lost isn't so bad." he offers up, smiling as he chuckles. shoving his hands into his pocket, he tugs out his own phone, squinting at the screen. his battery is fine, but the connection bar is teetering on no signal to little, and he moves to open the map app to try.

this was definitely by far the weirdest line of metaphor he ever made but somehow it fit and he had made it work. it still left him chuckling quietly as he took a bite, chewing away on a mouthful of rice.

he really needs to not slouch so much when he works, or at least get up more often and stretch his bones, but most of the time he really can't bring himself to move when he's working on a track. he's thankful for jongsuk's help, humming as he leans his head away for better access. "thanks," he lets out a soft sigh. "my body's killing me."

sungkyu's quiet, nodding along with the others words. he swallows the bite he had been working on, waiting until his mouth is completely devoid of food beore he speaks. "a one hit wonder huh," he says, leaning his head back to stare up at the ceiling in thought. "maybe they're all wonders." sungkyu speaks up after a moment, straightening his form back up so he can eat again. as he chews, he's quick to swallow, grabbing his water to take another sip from.

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both his voice and his face are scary 😨

kyu hyung seems so cool! hyung you have my support fighting!!

isn’t he kinda boring? next!

do you think he wants to produce because he won’t make it as an idol looking like that? good luck sungkyu ~ ㅋㅋ

does he write his own raps? whoa…

“ you’re right.  i don’t think you ever truly realize how big or beautiful the world is until you go see another place.” she smiles gently and looks up at the sky, feeling the touch of a breeze light on her face and the sounds of the city gracing her ears.  at sungkyu’s question, she pulls her gaze to him with a raised brow, “ are you hungry? you should have told me  -  we can go eat something first before we look around.  going about on an empty stomach isn’t as fun, is it?”

sungkyu lets out a hum, nodding his head with her words. "yeah, you've got that right." he chuckles, shooting her a smile before his attention is redirected back to the scenery. there's so much to look at, so much to take in. just a few days here feels almost cruel, but sungkyu will take advantage of it while he can, as long as he can appreciate it.

"wish we could see more of it." he says softly, his smile twisting somewhat somber before settling into acceptance. at her question, sungkyu lets out a soft noise of thought, tongue poking against the inside of his cheek as he lifts a hand to rub at the back of his neck.

subin rubs his forehead, heaving a sigh with a shrug of his shoulders.  “ i have a headache.  not sure i want to eat pizza right now  -  especially not when i should be studying for my exam ..” he mutters, dropping his hand as he glances at the table filled with pizza.  “ you ate already then?”

sungkyu blinks, before letting out a chuckle, smiling. it makes him feel better about the situation, because subin is right. "ah, yeah. still, though." maybe he should have actually showed up to school the days they held mandatory school drills like that. maybe he'd be much more used to it. "i could definitely live without it. leave it to an actual emergency at least." he rubs the back of his neck. "it was a...lot. definitely could have cut back. saved my   eardrums from the onslaught."

frowning at the information, he lets out a noise of understanding. damn, wish he had brought his bag out with him. he knows he has some sort of pain reliever tucked away in that. "ah, sorry..." he catches the barest mutter of studying for an exam, and sungkyu hums.