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“last time one us went public with their relationship, it was because yanlei knocked up his girlfriend and now they’re getting married and have two kids, i think you’re good, man,” jaeho moved over to make room for donny on the couch. he knew his words sounded dismissive  ––  and probably weren’t the best way to describe their groupmate starting a family  ––  but he also knew that donny was beating himself up over this way more than his best friend needed to be. “besides, even that wasn’t the worst thing we’ve gotten through before, we’re not dealing with scandals from a bug-ridden basement. legacy will be be fine.” jaeho paused, not wanting to push any buttons that could possibly make donny feel worse but also knowing what his thoughts would be if it had been his and andy’s relationship instead. “you and sola are okay though, right?”

“try growing up in germany and having people ask why my german was so good, only to move back to korea and have people surprised i speak korean too,” jaeho laughed. “i’m surprised your name didn’t give it away, it’s not like  ‘ chaeyoung ’  is a common name in vietnam.”

“Hyung, you do… tattoos, right?” Sowon addressed the elder when he saw him in the halls at Higher, whispering when mentioning the word tattoos as if he was afraid of being caught saying the word out loud.

jaeho felt himself freeze as soon as he heard sowon’s question. this is somehow worse than when inho asked me if i was in a gang, he thought. but then again, just because he had backed of from actually tattooing regularly didn’t mean it wasn’t easy for anyone at higher to guess he still knew how. “um, i know people that can give you a tattoo, if that’s what you mean.”

“would wrapping pretty much all your exposed skin in bandages just to stand on a music show stage make you feel any better?” jaeho laughed dryly, before shrugging. he loved music, but really had never had any interest in the details of producing it, “i’m surprised songs that sound that similar don’t actually have the same cookie-cutter of editing to them, i doubt many people would really notice a difference anyway.”