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Everyone was in a rush to leave. Thankfully, it was all done in an orderly manner. Luciel took notice of Jihyun immediately. It wasn’t difficult to scout out minty green hair. “ Hello ! Ah, I am. I was tempted to eat Honey Buddha chips in class, but I waited out. ” He knew if he ate chips, he wouldn’t be able to fully enjoy today’s meal. After being touched on the shoulder, Luciel wanted to tease V about being too ’ fatherly ’ with him. He refrained though, since he wanted to show respect to the person he barely got to know. “ Huuuh ? Me ?? Oh no, YOU should get the honors, Jihyun ! We hardly see you because you’re always so busy ! ” I’m nobody special !

I know the feeling. I work retail and suddenly people went OH CRAP ITS A MONTH AWAY FROM CHRISTMAS SHOP NOOOWWW. Don't ever feel rushed to make replies though, if people are nice they will be patient and understand :3

I just work at a drug store (at the opposite corner of sad and unhealthy) so I’m thankful that I never have to face the full brunt of the season, especially working in the pharmacy. But last year when I was only a sales person in cosmetics it was a massive shit show. Now I just get to deal with snowbirds on their first day back in my state.

                  her days are busy. it’s good to stay busy, this much she knows. a busy body is a busy mind and a busy mind means no room for other thoughts. her mother taught her it long ago : idle hands are the devils workshop. her own darkness can stay at bay like this, and she has moments where she actually wonders if she can make it living like this. staying busy and helping people -–– rika thrives during the weeks coming upon their parties. there is so much to get done, almost too much, but they always succeed. this won’t be different, despite how quickly her hands click on the keyboard nonstop. she wonders if she’ll revert to being here all day and night, evening spent more like luciel : hunched over the hum of the computer and only remembering hunger in the form of junk food. 

                  a thought to take a minute break to stop at the convenience store nearby is stalled when her phone rings. her eyes move to see v’s name and a picture she took of him passed out on the couch pop up. she smiles, lightly, picking up the phone and pausing for the moment.

                  ❛     hey yourself. it’s going, yours ? i’m in                   the middle of -––– oh, no, what time is it,                   i’m supposed to meet you, aren’t i ? ah,                   shit -–– !!      ❜

                  panic builds as her hands quickly go through her planner, flipping pages to get past rfa meetings and other bookings to her own personal planner. rika knows she needs to condense it all, and curses herself under her breath.

                  ❛     i don’t even know what time it is. where                   are you, i can leave now and get to you -––                   soon ? ah !      ❜

     He presses the top of his phone to his lips. There’s no point in interrupting her, the sooner the panic leaves her body the better. When there’s a break in her words he’ll take the time to assure her he’s not mad. He wishes he had face timed her instead, perhaps then seeing the calm on his face would be better. A little too late for that now but that was the curse of hindsight. 

                         “I’m still at home, I was thinking we could go to that                          Italian place that Zen mentioned, or if it’s easier you                          could bring the non confidential work here and we can just order in.”

     Concern rolls through him as he speaks. The stress she must be under to get the final touches of the party finished. The guest list had to be finished, he assumed it was. Once everything was finished and all that was left was to attend the party everyone could relaxed, but breaks were needed between heavy workloads.

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“You would have to show me how to work it…phone cameras are easy its just one button.  Seven tried explaining shutter speeds…lens types….thought he was talking nonsense at first.”  He would lift up his phone, angling so the two of them were in the shot before snapping a picture “She always had a way with words, I didn’t believe she was my fan at first but that changed real quick. Oh that’s right I didn’t tell you yet, Jumin got me a part for his company…it is cat related of course but he says I don’t have to physically touch any cats so I should be ok.” He would start rubbing at his nose slightly, eyes watering up just a tad. “Just the thought makes me wanna sneeze but I promised him I would accept his help from now on no matter how much it’ll mess with my allergies.”

“It takes time to learn, just like any other talent,” he returned before laughing, “Luciel might have been talking too fast for any of it to make sense. Besides, perhaps shutter speed isn’t the first lesson you would need.” Jihyun glanced up at the camera giving the smallest of smiles at what he assumed was the front facing camera. The words of how special Rika was caused his eyes to drop as he fidgeted with the lock button on the side of his phone. “I think I still have an assortment of her DVDs at my apartment,” he said, putting his phone down. He did have them, packed away in a boxed and labeled appropriately in far corner of his closet.

The brunette had paused her game, now having her full focus on the chatroom as she waited for a reply. She was surprised at first to see V in the chat, seeing as he usually wasn’t very active. But now she had a chance to talk to him and maybe get to know him a little more as she had done with the other members.

[Ally] I have to admit that it’s not easy, but it’s going pretty good with the help of the others I was just taking a small break from answering to all the guests’ emails since there are so many of them

A chuckle came from her as she read his question. It would mostly appear that gaming was her only hobby to most people as she was doing that when she wasn’t attending classes. She moved to lay down on her bed, the game now forgotten as she glanced around her room. What other hobbies does she have?

[Ally] Does pranking people and cause mischieve with friends count as a hobby? Jk. I do play a bit guitar and sing from time to time, amd drawing. Other than that, gaming and keeping up my YouTube channel is mostly my biggest hobby at the moment

[V]: I still don’t know how Rika handled all those emails so well. Please, if they ever become too much of a hassle I’ll happily take some off your hands. It’s the least I can do for putting you in this position. 

Rika had been so set on answering all the emails. (Now, he understood why.) However with a random stranger taking over the entire party planning, letting just one person respond to dozens of people, most that were bound to be a handful, seemed unrealistic. Ultimately he desired the RFA to move on from Rika and maybe if responsibilities were split that might stand a chance. If there were to be other parties, he’d have to find new ways to contribute.

[V]: Are you sure you don’t hang out with Yoosung and Luciel already? I’m sure the three of you could spend a week together with just those first activities and never get bored. Do you post recordings of your music on YouTube or do you use it for something else? How long have you been drawing?

Perhaps if she were up to it they could auction off her own drawings alongside his pictures. Perhaps. He had no idea what she drew so perhaps that was a question he should ask first.

“Better then Jumin’s?” He stared at V with a blank face briefly while trying to withhold a laugh. “You are too kind V, all of his photos end up shaky and blurry. I don’t even think my good looks could make one of them look good.” Chuckling once more as he moved to sit next to the other, giving him a warm smile “Though if someone as skilled as you thinks my selfies are good then perhaps with a bit of training I could at least try and point the camera away from myself.” he would pause for a moment, glancing to the camera “You always find beauty in every photo you take, I was still so honored when you took the one of us after my performance that night, back when we first met”