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“i guess so, but still,” jeni insisted with a laugh. “healthy diets are about balance! i hope you’re at least balancing this out with a lot of good shit…”

“i had a smoothie with a lot of fruit and healthy shit in it this morning, that would count right? i mean it isn’t necessarily food so i don’t know if it’d count as something beneficial towards a diet.”

“well, at least let me spot you…” blair answered with a sigh. “you’re more important than i am. i should be here to catch your fall…”

“i don’t think i’ll need a spot but i’m not gonna say no.” he responded as he searched the loft like area in the company’s storage room. of course he had to find refuge in the most crammed area in the room when he wanted some peace and quiet. “i’m sure they’re up here somewhere.”

Duckie gave a sagely nod in response to the other, trying to cover up for the fact that he totally had been spacing out while listening, distracted by the thought of a dog that had a remarkable resemblance to Snoop Dogg. “Can you… repeat that last bit, please? Promise I heard most of that,” he said, looking a little sheepish.

“duckie, we’ve been in a band together long enough for you to know by now that i don’t repeat myself. especially not when you were gawking at a dog.” he wasn’t intentionally being harsh, in fact this was the most light-hearted he had been in a few days. “i’m sure you can fill in the blanks anyways, there’s not many directions you can take a conversation about practice times anyways.”

open starter

stepping out of the ending pose, zhiruo walked over to her phone to press the pause button, glancing over to the other person for a moment before standing to scroll through her music once more “come on! you’re not really tired, are you? we’ve practically just started, we still have a lot more to cover! you can’t be quitting on me already, right?”

“i’m not a quitter, but keep in mind i play guitar and stand still while i sing on stage, forgive me if my lungs aren’t ready to deal with choreography right away.” he responded through some heavy breathing and his arms above his head. “plus i haven’t done any dance training in years. just give my body time to remember how not to die.”

“okay so i’m really proud of andy for debuting and everything…” adonis began, before wincing and adding, “but…..it’s really weird to see all the articles describe her as sensual. i’m her brother. that’s weird. i hate that.”

“i mean with how fans are today i don’t know what more you expected.” jake said with a bit of a teasing undertone. “maybe it’d be best if you just log off social media for awhile, you know give all the initial shock time to die down? the weird feeling might hopefully go away after that.”

“you know, it’s not often that, as a bodyguard, i have to protect someone from themselves, but yet here we are,” blair said with a little sigh. “get down from there, please. if you fall and crack your skull open, it won’t be pretty.”

“don’t worry too much, i’ll be fine” jake responded from where he was, shouting a bit for blair to hear him fully. “i’ll get down as soon as i find where i dropped my headphones last time i was up here.”

“you aren’t seriously going to eat that, are you?” jeni asked, a look of disgust on her face as she looked the hideous sugary concoction up and down. “like….don’t get me wrong, i’m all for flexible dieting and eating things that make you happy, but come on. that is a little excessive, don’t you think?”

“it might be a bit much,” jake said as he eyed the treat he had in his hand. “but let’s be real, i’m in a band so it’s not like i have to maintain some sort of dancer physic like most idols do.”

“do you think getting ‘support jeo seyeon on idol project!’ tattooed on my forehead is a smart investment for seyeon’s future? i’m tryna take the role of supportive big brother up a few notches…”

“i have no problem telling you that’s the worst idea i think you’ve ever told me. just make a sign like a regular person and i’ll come with you to hold it up.”

@rvcian​ (for jake)

“you know, protecting me from dispatch leaks sounds super chivalrous and all but i don’t understand how you’re gonna about doing that,” sebin said with an amused grin on his face. “if they got dirt on an idol that they wanna release, nobody’s gonna stop them, not really.”

“it isn’t just to protect you, it’s also to protect callback.” jake responded with a bit of a laugh as he was sat on his kitchen counter at the callback dorms. "i was unaware there would even be any dirt to release though, we aren’t even dating yet.”