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❝ MOTHERFUCKERS. ❞  chibin let out, along with a sigh that might’ve been a little too loud. never the enthusiastic man, he’d been squeezing every ounce of mirth left in his diminutive body for work. left with no choice but to drop the act out of exhaustion as soon as the cameras were off, the first words to escape his mouth then were always… prohibited by the pr team.  ❝ it’s like they took one good look at us and were like you know what??  yeah, let’s fucking torture ‘em, ❞ he clicked his tongue. ❝ at least you’re not an asshole out of character, y’know. ❞ with those words, he chuckled, the shadow of an ironic smirk appearing on his face. ❝ hell, did you even have to do media training??  i almost got booted over mine. ❞

“this is so not fair! i get left all alone, and i can’t hear anything cool about it? this is the worst day of my life.”

“i signed an nda. you’ll get it when it’s your turn to debut. it’s secret for a reason.”

“Yeah, I think so too - I’m hype for it, honestly,” Hyunsik said. “Like, Creed is great and all, but I’m excited to do something a little different.”

“yeah-- from what i can string together through practice, i think it’s going to be a totally different vibe. which is cool for you. even better for eunsung, though, because he’s in like...three groups at this point. it’s probably better that they’re all different.”

“that’s a good idea!” she enthused, nodding her head. “it’ll make the music video better! i’m kaori– it’s nice to meet you.”

“i’m taiga,” he answered back shyly, holding out his hand for her to shake. “i already know who you are, though. i voted for you on idol project.”

“i feel like sometime, a decade ago, i must have done something and they’re still punishing me for it, because i have no idea why else they would,” he admitted with a sigh. all i can really do is just hope that this time, they’re serious.”

“i mean... i’m glad you’re debuting with me and you’re a great leader and will be a great groupmate but.....god eunsung why have you stuck around so long?”

“Thanks, that means a lot,” Hyunsik responded, then shrugging. “I will say, it’s pretty annoying having to go back and forth all the time. I’m not going to miss that at all. But I don’t mind practicing.”

“well... i guess it gives us all a chance to get to know and get used to each other, so that’s good?” taiga offered. “i think our group is going to be really good when we finally debut.”

“beats me– if i find out, i’ll let you know,” kaori said with a tiny shrug. “maybe they want to keep a tighter lid on the trainees you have, you know? keep them a secret? i don’t know why they wouldn’t just use another idol they have but….i’m happy to be here anyway! i’ll work hard.”

he rubbed the back of his neck, realizing how attacking he must have sounded. she seemed nice. and like she wanted to do a good job. “i guess. well.... uh.... should we get to know each other a bit? so it doesn’t look weird with no chemistry on screen?”

“what, who me? i don’t know shit about being an idol,” eunsung teased, laughing. it was stupid– taiga was right. if anyone needed extra practice, it wasn’t eunsung. “with me, i think it’s a power play, honestly. it’s spotlight trying to put me in my place or something like that.”

“that’s even worse,” taiga admitted, a little taken aback. “you’re making them so much money! and they’re trusting you to lead their new boy group-- why would they treat you like that?”

“Right? It feels like I’m leading a double life or something. Idol by day, trainee by night,” Hyunsik replied jokingly. “I get why, though. I don’t think I’ve made as much of an impression with my vocals as I have saying stupid shit on variety, so I probably need the extra practice.”

“i mean, i think you’re plenty good,” he offered with a shrug. “i’m not in charge so i guess what i say doesn’t matter, but you’ve been promoting nonstop fro months. i think you’ve gotten tons better.”