₊‧ playin' pinball

the girl adds the small cake-brownie thing to a tray along with a bowl of egg fried rice (which is one of the few things the girl knows how to cook well enough) and some fruit, wanting to make sure milan gets a full breakfast along with her cake? brownie? she's still not sure. she finally carries it to the girls' shared bedroom, singing happy birthday as she carefully pushes the door open with her hip. "happy birthday unnie!" she smiles as she carefully places the tray on milan's bed. "i thought breakfast in bed might be a good way to start your morning."

she scoots and pats the spot next to her. "thank you! wow! come here, let's eat together! also..." she opens her arms wide for the girl to come get a hug, grinning.

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she shakes her head, “i don’t mind, we’re a team right now, so whatever is mine is yours” she shrugs. sori hadn’t really ever been the most generous person, but after joining fabula, she was learning to become it, sharing her stuff, buying things for others. “we’ve been working for what feels like too much” she shakes her head “i had the idea that after being an idol for a while, i’d get used to the packed schedule… apparently not” she chuckles. “are you surviving? we both seem kind of tired…”.

milan pulls away from sori, nodding understandingly. "during the first few months, i'd sleep every day off that we had. but as soon as i adapted, i went ahead and made... choices." she chuckles. that's one way to put it. she surely would be less tired if she wasn't so stubborn or didn't sacrifice sleep to meet with a special someone. "did i tell you i returned to university?" that's the stubborn part. "how did you manage to get your degree without losing your mind?"

"yeah! you guys are rookies, it's the best time to make all the mistakes since people think the awkwardness of newbies is cute in its on way" she says playfully. "but don't hesitate to ask questions to staff members, that's what they are here for. even your seniors within the company! the fabula unnies really helped me a lot and still do to this day." she poses, wondering if she has any rookie tip to give. "oh! right! if the opportunity comes, make sure to exchange phone numbers with producers and seniors in the industry. it's good to begin networking early!"

he nods with her words, a slow grin on his face as his eyes sparkle. "ah, noona. does that mean i can ask you as well?" he says, playfully. "you've always been critical in helping me."

she thanks minseo for her share of the gummies, though not without a protest that one or two would've been more than enough. tossing a bear in her mouth, she glances behind her. "you know the setlist?" milan's asks a little surprised. it's not exactly minseo's type to diligently memorize every single detail of their schedules after all. or at least, milan doesn't think so. she clearly remembers speedrunning last minute work adjacent things with minseo more than once. "what's the song?"

She politely greets the crew and senior artists passing by, and depending on the artist, a gummy bear or two would be accepted as offering. She briefly rests her chin on Milan's shoulder, realizing that she had to be mindful of her makeup. The last thing she wanted was to go back into the makeup seat seconds before their own performance. "I don't know, but it's fun watching them perform, right?" She raises her voice, hoping it would travel to Milan's ears before lip-syncing with her fist the high note. "Want one more?"

"yeah it is" she agrees, tilting her head a little to reach minseo's ear. "is it bad that i actually prefer these performances than the year-end ones?" for starters, during gayos, many groups would prerecord their live performances and only entertain the crowd on the day of. as for awards... from their tight schedules, to the special performances, without forgetting to avoid random scandals for staring too long or not enough at something and finally the nominations themselves... there's no chance to just sit back and enjoy the moment. "everybody just seems to enjoy themselves so mch more" she finishes explaining.

love month was generally fun for sori, and she wouldn’t say this love month had been miserable, it has just been… very tiring. at the moment sori preferred to practice either alone or with the other fabula members, so it was a bit overstimulating to practice with all these other people. she was familiar with the nova members however, having been on future dreams with them. “have you started drinking coffee?” she looks at milan “don’t ask me about coffee, i still hate it with my whole heart” she shakes her head “but i have brought along some vitamin drink and water if you want that? if not, we can go on a search for coffee” se shrugs. 

her sleepy eyes widen at sori's offer. "you don't mind sharing your vitamin drink? it should be enough to boost me some." water? nah, she would get some black iced tea to wash that down with. "so i take it that you guys too have been worked to the bones? i thought the first year would be the hardest, but instead our schedules just keep getting more packed" she chuckles, a bit amused, a bit bitter. she could always take a semester off, but some stubborn part of her just couldn't let it happen. she wouldn't give up, she would get her diploma, she would prove that she can do it.

"Here!" She nudges her friend to open the palm of her hand, eyeballing it and splitting it between the two of them. She grabs one of the sour gummies, savoring the sugary acidic coating around the bear shaped candy. "Should we try to watch from the sidelines again?" She suggests, tuning back into the music blaring through the speakers. There was a part of her that did enjoy watching other perform, especially when she was this restless. It meant that the members didn't have to entertain her, or she would be glued on her phone backstage. "I think my favorite song is next on the setlist..."

she thanks minseo for her share of the gummies, though not without a protest that one or two would've been more than enough. tossing a bear in her mouth, she glances behind her. "you know the setlist?" milan's asks a little surprised. it's not exactly minseo's type to diligently memorize every single detail of their schedules after all. or at least, milan doesn't think so. she clearly remembers speedrunning last minute work adjacent things with minseo more than once. "what's the song?"

"yeah! you guys are rookies, it's the best time to make all the mistakes since people think the awkwardness of newbies is cute in its on way" she says playfully. "but don't hesitate to ask questions to staff members, that's what they are here for. even your seniors within the company! the fabula unnies really helped me a lot and still do to this day." she poses, wondering if she has any rookie tip to give. "oh! right! if the opportunity comes, make sure to exchange phone numbers with producers and seniors in the industry. it's good to begin networking early!"

She takes out her phone to capture picture of Nova's section with several standing in front of her own poster. She gives equal attention to the other girl's posters, capturing a video of her making a heart pose with Milan's cheek and then swiveling the camera towards the real Milan. It amused her greatly to the point that her cute aggression won, throwing her arms around the member to embrace her tightly. "You're so photogenic that I would be asking myself... 'Is she AI, or real?'" She utters out loud, beaming down at the girl when she frees her from the hug. "But not even AI can capture your beauty, duh."

"you should do this hairstyle more often" milan tells the other as she points to minseo's poster. "it's so cute! you really look like a golden retriever like this!" she fawns.

miyu turns with a smile to face milan who was next to her. “i’m excited to flip through our photobook. what about you?” she asks the other as they walk toward’s nova’s section. “i want to know what pictures they picked for each of us. i felt like that photoshoot lasted so long,” she says with a chuckle. “and the other merch, too. i think i might want to buy a keychain for myself. maybe if they have anything cute or exclusive with nabi on it, i’ll get it for my sister and have her sign it.”

after three years together, it now comes naturally for milan to wrap her arms affectionately around miyu's. "ah, i seriously can't wait! everybody looked so cute and... innocent. i'll try to collect as many goodies as possible!" nova's concept was not really on the charismatic side, but also rarely on this level of innocence and freshness. milan probably called the girls 'cute' a million times on the day of the photoshoot. "though it would've been priceless if they added our speed sketch drawings in it." she snorts, remembering their... pieces of art. "your sister is a nabi fan?" she asks curiously. since she's an only child, she can't help but wonder if she'd feel if her siblings didn't bias her.