well truthfully, noel had been surprised when he was let known he would be a judge for a talent show. noel had been above busy for this month, every day packed with something new, whether it was promotions or practice. noel truly found himself a bit tired for the talent show, but he had promised not to let that be shown. he’s considered drinking coffee to be more energized, but with his great hate for coffee he ended up with an energy drink instead, that too he hadn’t had in a while.

her second month in the probationary contract starts a little haggard.

sua's tired. she's been working on dancing and trying to fine tune her vocals at the behest of her coaches-- she's reserved practice rooms and vocal rooms just so she didn't have to hear it. sua's not here to cause an issue, she's here to try, and by god, she's trying.

but every time she gets pulled aside and scolded-- okay, maybe not scolded. redirected, rather-- because she's doing fine, but she could always be doing better. it's fifteen minutes of a lecture that sua tries not to let in one ear and out the other, because it will help.

but now she's fifteen minutes late to getting her reserved room. that's time cut into practice time that she could be using, and it's frustrating. she spends most of it burning off her irritation, letting it out in the form of dance.

it's ten minutes until her time's up, and sua wants to use it appropriately, but she's laying on the ground, glaring up at the ceiling as she catches her breath. the door creaks open, and sua scrambles to sit up, head swiveling to stare at the person who peeks in.

in a way, it's their first public performance as a group ( though the public has no knowledge that they're... a group yet ) – if anything, all they know of is 'project green'. their roles as well, despite having already been told; are still unknown to the public. but this has siwoo's heart thumping loud in his chest, makes him all the more nervous to be revealed.

he finds himself spending nights in the practice room, trying to ensure that he gets every detail right. it isn't a large scale concert – nothing like a solo concert or next gen – but it's still a concert nonetheless, and at lotte world of all places, where visitors are abundant, probably even more so at this time of year. that image doesn't quite leave his mind.

there’s been so much stagnant time, lately– that yuji can’t help but catch up with friends she hasn’t seen in a while. seojun one of them– both of the trainees being busy with their own respective companies. with the songwriting camp out of the way and them just waiting for the next thing for the labels to throw at them– yuji might as well spend time talking to people. who knows when the next chance will be.

luciel hasn’t properly had a training session with a senior trainee in the same company outside of acting camp, which honestly made things appear a lot more strenuous than it seemed to be. once it went away though, it became more tolerable as he once again gets used to a new schedule. it’s still strange to him that his current life revolves around music and performance now, and he thinks he’s still lacking in the latter part. so during free practice sessions he focuses on that exactly, and it’s nice having a senior trainee joining him for it.

seojun seems to be great at dancing, judging from the way he moves and all. he recalls him majoring in dance too, that and attending other places like studios to dance at. to luciel, having this much passion in a certain thing is impressive. he’s never known what it’s like to be this passionate; all his life, he’s been doing whatever his parents told him to do, looking at other things from afar.

a christmas market starter for @beseojun

when he had first heard of the holiday market, he had immediately turned to seojun to show him. it was helpful that they not only lived together, but also were training in the same company.

part of him was concerned that his best friend might get sick of his presence, but it didn't seem to be happening. and hopefully it would never.

so he had managed to drag the other out to the market, pleased to look around at the different things that were being sold. there were plenty of handmade items and lots of different stands with food and such. he had been distracted by some cute wooden figures, dragging seojun over to the stand to show the other male.

< w. @beseojun >

while stevie isn’t the biggest fan of having to attend university, he’s grown to at least realize it’s a privilege to be going. he can thank jinyoung for that, he guesses; he won’t ever admit it out loud, though. lately, he’s been attempting to spend a bit more time practicing, getting a grip on things. trying to get a better idea of dance so he can improve his grades a bit. the coursework has been killing him, and he can’t rely solely on talent and practice. unfortunately.

he’s gathering up his stuff, debating whether or not he should head to a study room to do some research. he doesn’t really want to, but he is attempting today; go big or go home, right? he’s relacing his shoes when the door to the room opens and stevie snaps his eyes towards it on instinct. he blinks, lifting one hand in a friendly wave. “hey,” he greets easily, offering a smile before he glances back down at his shoes. pausing in his tying, he blinks, before swiveling his head back towards the male. he stares, quite blatantly-- his brain moving a mile a minute as recognition settles in his brain.

travelling all the way to belgium to film a music video wasn’t something noel had expected. not that he would complain, he was excited for their travel. noel had only ever been in canada and south korea, so he was curious about this country he’d never even been close to. not that it seemed like they had much free time, only a single day off, still, noel was excited.