infant

“you’re just mad that when we were teenagers you got stuck doing the laundry because you were the youngest,” adonis huffed, shaking his head. “but i pulled my weight! i’m a good cook!”

“i’ll give you that, i guess. you’re not the worst cook i’ve ever seen. but that’s the last compliment i’m giving you today. that’s two now. i’ve only allotted five per week.”

he scoffed. “we barely need a sound engineer when we’re recording regularly, please. i can handle it,” he answered gruffly. “is your voice warm?”

“didn’t mean to insult your mad skill. just curious,” he said with a little smile. “yeah, i’m warm. should i head into the booth, then?”

“uh, yeah i have, because you six are all freaks,” kisu answered with an eyeroll. “it’s really not that weird. like i said. i’ve known her a long time.”

“i’m the freak? i dunno... my girlfriend isn’t a celebrity and is the same age as me. i think we all know who the real freak is is all i’m saying...”

“hey now– that’s not nice,” donny answered, biting back a laugh. “i have problems keeping on top of that, okay! i think if i’m going to make money, employing someone to do my laundry is…. definitely me having privilege, but it helps me function. and it just proves how good of an actor i am…”

“hey, whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep at night, man. i was just complimenting your acting chops, since that’s something i’d never see in real life.”

he sighed. it was kind of a pain in the ass, but they both knew hanse had been off the day before. the song would be better if the maknae got another shot. “whatever,” shinwoo said gruffly. “one hour’s all you get. let’s go. make it count.”

hanse nodded firmly, with determination. shinwoo was tough; he knew this was his last chance. and he was ready. “do you need to get a sound engineer? or are you good to take over?”

“i mean, she’s our age,” he answered, shrugging. he’d had to defend himself a few times now. “and i knew her before she was even in korea. i was in her dms years ago, when she was still an ulzzang in china. if i was dating someone from like…..byulbit or something, that’d be different too, but even here, she’s been debuted for like three years. it’s whatever.”

“wow, you have that whole spiel planned out, huh? you’ve had to defend that a lot haven’t you?” hanse teased with a laugh. “i mean, i’m happy to see you happy, man. i just can’t imagine the weird dynamic i guess.”