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milan hadn't been able to stop smiling since shinye, nova's manager, and her had picked up somin. what's better than hanging out with friends? being paid to hang out with friends! well, the pay isn't exactly forthright in their field, but still.

their orders were placed and now it was just the waiting game and while it was normal for a bottle of soju, she opted for a coke. "between the two, for our Japanese comeback…which of the two tracks do you like more?" a simple conversation starter. "i liked the little track right off the bat but dive has been a slow earworm, I've been listening to it more."

she also opts for a cola instead of alcohol, not wanting to deal with that tomorrow morning when it inevitably hits that she had had alcohol the night before, especially not when they have practice again.

"i'm 100% not surprised you upgraded your computer set up now that you have your own space for it," she laughs as she plops down on the couch herself and makes herself comfortable. "no longer are you stuck to a small corner in the living room anymore!" yura was happy for somin though, knowing the other had to make sure she stayed quiet if she was gaming at night when everyone else was trying to rest or sleep. now, she didn't have to worry about others - although yura does worry a little how much sleep somin loses out on from staying up.

"i realized after i wasn't sure what colours and stuff you'd want for the blanket and pillows... so i just picked something soft," she admits, a bit sheepish, as she watches somin lay out what she brought already. at least she had enough foresight to pick a more neutral colour so it hopefully wouldn't clash with anything else.

sometimes she thinks that she would have tried to become a progamer if she hadn't gone the path of being an idol, but honestly, she's really happy where she is in crystallis.

"no, it's really great," she reassures the older girl, hugging the blanket to her chest happily and rubbing her cheek against it. a bit overkill, probably, but she really is truly happy with the gift. she hadn't thought about how to decorate her couch yet, and this took all the decision making out of it. which was great, considering she kept suffering from decision paralysis when she was trying to order things for her apartment. how did one choose when there were so many options?

it was either this or alcohol but unlike those who cried that it was happy hour somewhere, lili liked to keep drinking alcoholic beverages to after the sun went down.

instead of saying anything, she pulls out the little table in her eating area and moves to close the door behind lili once the other girl is inside her apartment. "no, no, this is great actually," she says, clapping her hands together, feeling absolutely pleased with how her day was going.

"i'm planning on buying some clothes to work on my sewing." and there was a lot she could get for cheap. "at the other end of the, there is this little stationary store i like to shop at for my scrap-booking." sarang forced herself to slow down, feeling like her words were heading into rambling territory. "and i always end get from this little stall…if they're around today. they're not always open but i always go and look."

(it probably helps that they still lived in the same building so it wasn't exactly a trek to go from their own apartment to another member's.)

"we all have the same floor plan after all," she laughs and shakes her head. since entering, yura had made sure to hide what she was holding in her hands behind her back until somin mentions a housewarming gift. tilting her head, she puts on an expression as if she doesn't know what the younger is talking about. "was i supposed to? i thought since we were all moving into our own rooms, we didn't need to..."

yura looks around somin's apartment then walks over to the couch before finally pulling out what she had brought: a basket filled with random things she thought the other might like but not have in her apartment yet (or wouldn't mind more of) including a throw pillow and blanket set, some display and organization trinkets for her to store things, and other small stuff.

admittedly, yura was still not great at picking out gifts for others but she likes to believe that her being with somin long enough has given her some insight into what the other might want.

she'll definitely be bragging about that in future lives or something.

"waaaait, i was joking," she replies, eyes wide as she sees that yura had actually gotten her a housewarming gift. she had done the same for the older girl though, and all their members, but she hadn't actually meant it when she had asked. she laughs, accepting the basket and immediately going through it after sitting down, patting the couch next to her.

lili didn’t always do this. if anything, she was hardly the ideal neighbor but hey, new year, new her, right? 

( it did not matter that it was nearly may and the year was rolling on past her heels but whatever, the case there is — the new year was still upon her and she was making a change for the better! god, this optimism was going to be the death of her, wasn’t it ) 

anyways, lili didn’t always do this — so, because she didn’t, she didn’t know that buying rice cakes for your neighbor to foster harmony and neighborly bonding did not mean the rice cakes you got at the corner stall that was immensely packed with a spicy, sweet and savory sauce of korean chili paste and flakes. but this is what she came to deliver @lgcsomin when she came strolling past one day, the heat filtering from the plastic bag onto lili’s fingertips were making her skin sweat — ugh. switching the bag to the other hand, she wipes her palm against the back of her jeans before knocking, humming to herself as waits to make herself known.

she glances down to make sure she's decent, adjusting the hoodie she was wearing before she opens the door, a little surprised.

but she doesn't even manage to say anything before something warm is thrust into her face. something warm and spicy she amends, sniffing the air and trying to peek inside the bag.

Ryujin Run Away, 240324

“if someone posed like they were eating a burger, i’d think that would be a subtle way of trying to get fast food places to hire them as a model.” eunhye joked, although she wouldn’t mind recreating such a pose for valentine’s day if she had no other option. “with so many idols creating their own variations of the heart pose, i wonder if there’s one that no one has thought of yet…” she trailed off as she glanced at her hands to think of possible heart poses she could do. but as she tried to form a heart with her fingers, she would always resort back to the apple heart, which still remains her favorite heart pose.

she makes a face at the thought of trying to create a new heart pose. "all the ones i could think of are created already," she says, pursing her lips into a slight pout as she thinks about it. she thinks she might run the risk of being someone who created something that was already created. "i do really like the cheek heart though."

"right? even like, just for photoshoots or album pictures," somin agrees wholeheartedly. she wonders if that might be one of the reasons that she doesn't really want to become a model. though, she's enjoyed every photoshoot she's done. it's a whole thing, truly.

the music wasn't bad either, just not her taste. if sarang had to confine the question to just this album, "i think they're good but i have to say that imaginary friend is my absolute favorite." it was moody and haunting in just the right way.

unbeknownst to her, their thoughts were also matching. somin was thinking about how crystallis hadn't been her ideal concept for debut, but she accepted it, having wanted to debut more than wanting to debut in a group with a concept she liked. and she's learned to really embrace crystallis' princess concept, mostly because she liked how the fans reacted when she acted like her real self instead of her stage persona. that was always a lot of fun.

to answer her group-mate's question though, "my main dream was always to become an idol. but i also wanted to go to school for something. acting allows me to have the same feeling as an idol." when she was performing she wasn't just sarang, she was free. with acting she could become someone else.

she nods, thinking about how she would also have persued something different if she hadn't ended up here, on the filming set for their new music video. it's such a fun time, and she feels happy that sarang had come to join them for it too.

but she also knew she wouldn't be able to have deeper relationships if she didn't try herself.

so it was somin she had tried her luck with. the other girl had one of the props in her hand, waiting for her own call to scene when sarang turned to her. "i'm excited about filming, it feels like my acting degree is worth a little more now." that she was wanted acting to be her main goal but it was a skill set she could bring. "it gives me a bit of confidence, how do you feel about the music video concept?"

or something. who knows, truly.

"you have a whole acting degree?" somin asks, surprised, and she's sure it shows across her face. it wasn't that she didn't try to get to know the new members when they were added, but this wasn't something she had expected to learn on set today. she blinks at the other crystallis member, eyes wide.

“oh! somin, hi!” she waved, excited to see somin. “honestly, no… but i wish i did know. i was thinking that i should see what the other girls were doing to get some inspiration or do something trendy, but for once, i’m blanking out on ideas. i’m this close to improvising on the spot and hoping it looks fine.” she admitted, feeling a bit embarrassed afterwards that she didn’t check online a few days prior. while she could go with the poses she normally did for gigs similar to this, eunhye felt that she wanted to do something different. 

"last time i did that dragon ball fusion move, and the fans loved it even if i thought it was kinda crazy," she adds, grinning as she remembers looking up her hashtag online and seeing the pictures that people were doing with her poses. it was a fun time, and she wonders if she should come up with something wild again to see how her fans would pose accordingly.

it had been a good time last time.

"i saw someone do a pose like they were eating a burger once and the fans went kind of wild with it," she says, remembering seeing it go viral as fans brought in random foods to feed said idol. "i always want to do some typical, expected ones, and then add a random one for some variety, you know?" she pauses, thinking if she should elaborate on that. "like, cheek hearts, or cheek pokes, and then something super out of pocket like ... biting them. or something."