#beseira

when sua signed up for this workshop, she wasn't sure exactly what she expected. modeling tips, naturally-- but to be given time to just...take photos in front of a backdrop? it seems a little far-fetched. she thought they'd be shoved under the bright lights of several cameras and taught how to pose through the masses. maybe that's to come later?

sua scratches her head, an unsure hum leaving her. "are you any good at selfies?" she turns her head to address seira, a frown on her face as she thinks. seira is cute, sua thinks she'd take a number of selfies-- but she's not a hundred percent sold on that.

seira could honestly eat for forever, it’s like she never gets full. seira loves basically every food and will eat everything (besides chocolate, as she’s allergic to that), and if she had the money to it, she would just eat non-stop. it’s genuinely surprising to look at how little seira is and then remembering how much she eats. she knows it already, should she ever become rich then she’d just use all of her money on food (like she does now). seira enjoys spending time with friends, and it’s even more enjoyable when there’s food included,

seira would say she’s good at spicy food as she’ll eat basically anything, but right now there’s tears in her eyes. she takes another bite, looks up at yuji as a single tear rolls down her cheeks, she swallows and then talks “it’s kind of spicy, isn’t it?” even seira who is good at spicy food is dying right now. “still tastes good though” the pain can’t stop her from eating and she grabs another bite.

< w. @beseira >

"okay," stevie claps his hands together, catching his breath as he shoots seira a smile through the mirror. or rather-- her reflection. stevie rakes a hand through his hair, pushing the strands of sweaty hair away from his face. "that was pretty good! i think we're almost ready to move onto the next section."

stevie stares at their reflections carefully, expression thoughtful before he spins to seira. "is it okay if we do run more test through of that last part? i think i'm just a second faster than you, so i can slow down to match." once he gets into the beat, stevie's brain goes off muscle memory and straight up vibes. his body does it's own thing, and sometimes it sticks out. if he has to adjust to meet seira, stevie will do that. "the next portion is supposed to go pretty quickly, so it's probably better to conserve energy now so it's not so bad."

there's some tension on her team for the finale. she feels like that's an understatement, too. for one, ren hates two members of the team. he's managed to keep it together, but nayoung knows him and knows he's barely holding it together. siwoo and jay also seem to be good friends whose powers combined may lead to disaster if not handled properly. she's pretty sure luciel and siwoo still have some sort of beef, too. all in all, it's a mess, and it shows in their performance. it's a total lack of synergy, and nayoung has little patience for it all. so she does what she usually does: tries to solve the problem as soon as possible.

nayoung knows it won't be easy, and doesn't expect her idea to fix everything. she just hopes it helps. she knows there's a possibility that it'll backfire, but nayoung is also aware that sometimes confrontation is necessary to work through any negative feelings toward one another. if this activity ends up starting a fight, it's probably a fight that needs to happen to clear the air and let the group as a whole move on and focus more effectively.

naturally, not everyone was happy about the exercise, but they ended up relenting and agreeing to participate. she had them draw pieces of paper numbered 1-7 to determine the order they sit in in the circle.

fate would have it be that some of the team members with the biggest problems with each other are seated together. luciel is seated on her left, and siwoo next to him, followed by inho. next is jay, then ren, and seira rounds out their circle, seated on nayoung's right.

"okay, let's go left in the circle. say something nice about the person to your left, and share something you're proud of yourself for related to next gen," she reminds everyone. "i'll start."

"i'm proud that i was able to help two teams take first place this season," she says, and she hopes it doesn't sound like she's bragging, or taking all the credit for it. "and of the team members, of course," she adds for good measure.

next, she has to say something nice about luciel - or jihyun, as she should probably call him. "i like that jihyun is good at handling criticism and applying it quickly, even if it's hard to hear." she's talking about her calling him forgettable. he certainly took what she said to heart, and earned praise from the judges last episode.

"okay, your turn," she smiles at him, and it might actually be uncharacteristically warm.

luciel takes a glance at his watch as he walks over to the cafe. it’s his first time scheduling a casual meetup with @beseira outside of nextgen related things, the entire program was so strenuous that it was difficult to enjoy even a simple hangout. now, the pressure has been lifted off his shoulders momentarily. he has to adjust with his trainee schedule soon enough, but at the moment he’s here at the cafe to simply enjoy his time with a friend.

he finds a table for two and remains seated until the girl arrives, looking through the menu quickly. it’s your typical cafe, there is nothing too special about it other than the limited edition menu they have. luciel knew what to order at this point, just a simple cup of iced spanish latte, he makes a mental note in his head.

next gen had been nothing short of exhausting. long days performing, and even longer days spent practicing. how siwoo had made it so far, how he'd even survived, he's not too sure. a stroke of luck, he thinks, that he was able to place 8th – and then given a contract with lime entertainment.

he turns to look at seira and in truth, he'd felt a little bad. he knows how hard she's worked to get this far, knows that she's put in a lot of effort, and the fact that it wasn't translated into her rank was upsetting. still, he's sure there are better opportunities out there for her.

for now though, he'd promised her a stress-free day out. a day to finally forget all about next gen, to let their worries go, before he has to sign his soul away to the entertainment industry.

hi everyone! it's juju, with the xmas event coming, this is my plot call for my three babies! all three will be attending the event so i'd like threads for them all! please like or comment on this if i can message you for plotting !

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