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||     The lounge rooms in Crown were a luxury all their own within the lush building. And when Milk couldn’t spare time to go from the studio to home, she liked to relax there. Which is where she was on this particular evening, lying down on a couch and eating dim sum and destressing. With all the time Venus had been spending in the studio (along with trying to work around the other groups preparing for debuts and comebacks around the same time) she was exhausted and stretched thin. But, this had been a feeling the woman had missed so much during Venus’ “in limbo” stage, as she called it. Nibbling on her food and singing along quietly to Crazy by TKO that was playing over the speakers, she almost didn’t recognize that someone else had entered the room. 

||     The distinct smell of grease and fried food filled Milk’s nostrils as she entered one of the many 24 hour diners in Seoul and scanned the lace for her company. Leave it to anyone from TKO to be the cause for her rushing out of her apartment this late, but she wasn’t complaining. It was almost as though she had taken on the life long duty of den mother when she had helped mentor them before and after their debut, though she hadn’t been part of their company. As fate would have it, Crown finally brought the two groups together and and that allowed the boys easier access to her. Which, was probably what had prompted Remus to call herat a quarter to midnight talking about how he’d left his wallet in his dorm. And, in typical Milk fashion, she was on her way before he had even finished explaining.

||     Given the hiatus that Venus had taken, it had been quite some time since Hea had promoted at the same time as Hyuna. But, that hadn’t stopped her from being supportive nonstop. And that support included being there for her friend during her Roll Deep promotions. Sure, she had been busy with the preparations of two comebacks, but that didn’t stop her from being able to go see someone close to her. After all, it had been literally months since the two had seen each other, so she wasn’t going to fuss over missing a little studio time. Though, a little studio time turned into a whole night as she found herself sitting cross-legged on her living room floor with Hyuna. There wasn’t much that needed to be mapped out for their nights together, it could have been something as simple as a movie or as extravagant as a night out. Though, on this particular evening it was more of a pig-out and catch up on things while the television played as background noise.

||     As her members (the old ones) could attest to, ever since Venus stopped promoting, Milk spent majority of her time home and out of the country. Most of the time she’d be seen in Seoul was for court proceedings. And yet, even after they had signed to Crown Empire in March, she had still been scarce until a week or so ago. While Bibi and Lauren had gotten acquainted with those that were meant to be a major part of Venus now (including new members and producers), Milk hadn’t had the chance. Which, was probably what led to the stand-offish nature many believed she had, even if it was unintentional. One of those she had yet to become familiar with was Michael or Harlem as he was also known. Sure, his name wasn’t unknown, but in terms of working with her and Venus it was. However, the brunette figured it was high time she’d try to get to know the guy, after all, the other girls had.