doki doki

“Thanks…” Taeri said, trailing off. She feels a little bad about how things shook out for Diadem. Not enough to want to leave or anything, but… definitely enough to feel incredibly awkward. Or, more than she already would be, around anyone outside of her little bubble of people. “We have a couple demos… I think we’re recording those first.”

“i’m excited to hear them,” serika answered, and though her voice was a little soft, she meant it. the way people talked about blacklist in the building.... riki knew they were going to be good. and liberty needed a real girl band. “it’s really cool you guys got signed and all.”

“Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t,” Yeong replied. He’d been doing solo work so long that most of the time he didn’t really think about it anymore, but there was the odd moment. “It helps when I have a backing band on stage with me. It doesn’t feel quite as empty like that, I guess.”

“well, it’s a new song for us! but we wrote it ourselves,” taeha clarified brightly. “we were going to record it later this year, but now we can professionally record it! i’m really excited…”

“that’s very cool, actually--  do you guys write all your music, then?” she liked taeha. they were close in age, and taeha made her feel comfortable

being forced to bond with people was never easy. having mandatory movie nights with people she barely knew was kind of cringey. but these performers were going to be her group. blacklist debuted first because they were a unit. some sort of friendship needed to be intact if she ever wanted to debut. “thanks– they came with the shoes,” harin answered with a tiny smile. “did you get to pick the movie tonight?”

“i......that’s lucky that the shoes came with cool laces,” she retorted lamely, turning bright red. god, she was so bad at making friends. “um, yeah....you guys might not want to see it, though. i picked howl’s moving castle, but if it’s lame, i can find something else....”

“i, well… first you have to know how young i was when i debuted with daizee, okay? i’ve been in the public eye since i was two, and i started in daizee when i was eleven. i was in daizee for like nine years,” she began slowly. “in kpop, there’s the seven year curse, right? you see people start to grow apart and want new things….”

her eyes widened. she’d been in the public eye since she was young too, but not that young. “i.......two?” she repeated, biting her thumbnail. 

jinkyung let out a little tsk, adjusting a blanket snug around the teen’s shoulders and kissing her forehead, walking over to turn the kettle on and looking over serika while she waited for it to heat up. “do you want anything else while i wait? i can make you some soup?”

“i’m not very hungry,” she answered, just barely loud enough for jinkyung to hear her. even if she was hungry, she doubted she’d be able to get anything down. her stomach was in knots, and that wasn’t very conducive to eating.

“i... like your shoes,” serika said, face going bright red. “the laces are pretty.” @rvharin​