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🍒   Her cheeks are still visibly reddened, an obvious give-away of her discomfort. After all this time, she really should be fully accustomed to just about anything, even some heavily inappropriate and intrusive questions that would make anyone sweat nervously. Yet, digging into her personal life and making assumptions about it with almost improper suggestions - perhaps that was crossing a line.

❝ I’m okay. ❞ she responds with a small, but sincere smile. Pale fingers neatly tuck a loose strand of her hair back, shrugging her shoulders nonchalantly.  ❝ Some of those questions did take me by surprise, though. Don’t you ever wish you could give a very sarcastic reply and not worry about your reputation for once? That would be pretty fun. ❞

It would seem as though idols have to handle with things a lot harder than soloists like him, with their companies burying their noses everywhere in order to keep their images clean and pure; especially for a rookie that had just got started like the other. He showed evident signs of worries as soon as he had seen the interview that was conducted, the press shooting questions after questions at her so insensitively. Of course, if it had been him, he would have refused to answer the question and so he felt the need to offer comfort to the younger idol. 

Stepping out of the underground station, Chungha adjusted the earphones within her ears and continued along the sidewalk to her destination. After Produce 101 had ended, the female was fortunate enough to be able to keep in contact with a few of the girls who didn’t make it to the line-up with her. Huihyeon was one of females that the dancer still spoke to and she was happy that the two were as close as they were-- they even had a collaboration a few months back along with Somi and Yoojung.

Things Said on Vacation Starters ✦ ✧ accepting

❝ Say what—? ❞ He deadpans momentarily, clearly taken aback by her statement before shooting a bemused glance. ❝ Jung Chaeyeon, do I look like someone who is capable of risking his life in such a manner? If anything, I would go out in style. ❞ His tone is light and joking while busying himself once again with adjusting his mask and letting his gaze fall on the racks at the store. He could tell that she was clearly uncomfortable with having to be outside at this time of the night but his cryptic message had done the trick. 

🍒   ❝ W-what? ❞ startled and indescribably confused, she stares at the taller male with a look equal to what she’d wear in math class. Firstly, he asked her about the food they had displayed at the current event, and once she agreed on liking strawberries, he gives her this reply - strange. In the past, the two of them used to be close, but lack of free time and the daily struggles of idol rules and dating bans, they kind of went separate ways, deciding it’s for the best. She feels a bulb of unease, her throat knotting into an untangleable mess. They never did fight, so giving him the cold shoulder would be completely unnecessary and not to mention, rude.

❝ I’m sorry, I gotta stay here. ❞ she mumbles mostly to herself, unsteady fingers toying with the array of napkins on the overpolished table’s surface. Nobody would actually notice if they’d slip away, but her embarrassed and undeniably shy side won’t permit her to relax, since she’s still struggling to swallow the lump in her throat. God, this is what cats must feel like when they’re fighting a fur ball. ❝ But uhm, what do you want to talk about? Congratulations on all your recent success, oppa. I’m really proud of you.. and the others. ❞

❝ Uh-- ❞ For a bookworm like himself, Wonwoo sure had an awful way with his words when placed under stress. Her reaction had him kicking himself mentally though his face lets on none of the inner turmoil that had kickstarted within his mind. He wouldn’t lie about the fact that he had been left torn as to avoid her or to say hi, when they ran into each other. Despite being all too aware of the fact that this day would have arrived sooner or later, he had kept postponing the instance that both being idols would mean they would promote on the same shows, at the same time. Maybe it was due to him being unprepared in having to meet her again so suddenly was what made everything harder.

🍒  Whenever a situation like that would occur, Chaeyeon would find herself sitting there with a jittery knee and a lip-swallowing awkwardness. She’d smile robotically and deliver answers in a clipped voice, trying to ignore the circumstances and remain pragmatic. As a rather new face in the industry, she had no business telling the well-known and adored TV personas how to run their own shows, even if it they, sometimes, put her in a very unpleasant position.

❝ I suppose so.. ❞ she starts carefully, like she’s starring in an undeclared contest of impenetrability.  ❝ Ah, I don’t know, I guess they can’t be blamed. There’s a lot of fresh faces that come and go, no wonder it’s hard to keep up. ❞ she speaks up again, smiling this time.  ❝ It’s normal if they don’t know stuff about me or newer groups, but if they’d be like this with you, sunbaenim, that… would be really weird. Please don’t tell me it’s happened to you recently? ❞

Despite being a positive person, Jinyoung is conscious when it comes to knowing where he stands in the entertainment industry: he’s not as influential despite his jack-of-all-trade title and neither is his group, they’re stable and there are times where their fandom might fluctuate (though their latest comeback seems to beg to differ, and he is infinitely grateful for that), thus Jinyoung often reminds himself to remain humble with the staffs even though unwanted circumstances often occured. Not that it doesn’t bother him, though, when someone blatantly said on-air that they don’t know which group he was from (he knew he scored himself quite the name and popularity thanks to his recent drama, but it hurts to know when people doesn’t know where he’s from).