#endueringfire

⤻ good morniiiiiiing!!!!! 🌻🌼 i hope your day is filled with the happiest of memories and as little stress as possible. 🤩 🥳 you're strong and talented!!!! fighting!! 💪💪 ⤻ missing you againnnnn~ 👻 ⤻ oh my gosh i just saw two pigeons 🐦 sharing a meal together 😭 why isn't that me 🙈 ⤻ [picture of coffee and water bottle] ⤻ 😚😚😚😚😚😚😚😚😚 ⤻ it's so difficult sitting in on meetings 😖 they're so often boring.. i know they're important and i want to be a part of this process, but it's not all fun ⤻ [short video of dance practice] what do you think? 🧐🧐 i think i might be too sloppy, especially towards the end there 😔 but i'm going to keep trying!!!! 🤗 i must!!!!!!!!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗 ⤻ 😖😖😖😖 i feel like i need five showers after today 🛁 ⤻ i might try reading before bed tonight 😊🥰 ⤻ [selfie] end of the day~ 🥱🥱 home home 🏠 ⤻ the sunset 🌆 is so beautiful.. i wish i was sharing this with you.. 💞 ⤻ [video of cat playing] isn't aki the cutest? 🐱 ⤻ i'm making dinner.... 🍑🍭🥟 thinking about what i can make for you next.. 🍤? 🍳? 🍕? ⤻ i bet my niece 👼🏻 would really love you. she's been enamored with muscly 💪💪 people recently. i can't wait for you to meet her 🥰🥰 she's really the best 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 ⤻ i think next time we meet 🫂 i'd like to take you to a movie 🎥 we could hold hands 👬👬 the whole time and nobody would know 🥺🥰you'll have to let me know what kind of movie you want to see 🧐 i can plan it all!!!!! 😚😚 ⤻ [post-face wash selfie] won't you join me~ 😇 ⤻ ah 😖... i read this line in the book...🥺🥺🥺 it reminded me of you😖...😔😚 ah my heart aches😰😰💔🥺 please promise to mend it soon❤️‍🩹🤕🤒🤒 ⤻ i'm struggling to sleep because i'm thinking of you😖 ⤻ gosh you havent replied all day 🥺🥺🥺🥺 i'm really missing you over here 🥺😤

nonetheless, he felt extremely underdressed. the feeling of the soft cotton on his skin was suddenly as if it was sandpaper. sung had imagined meeting byunghee's mother a million times over the last eight years, yet not a single time was it ever anything close to this. with how cautious byunghee had been about their relationship, he wasn't even sure how much she knew about him, if anything at all.

"i apologize for the intrusion and for looking so..." disheveled, he'd say, but he didn't want to seem like he was fishing for compliments. instead, he raised from his bow and smoothed his hands over his hair in case it might have been sticking up from rolling around in his sleep. "um, i'm choi joosung, byunghee's friend." he barely paused half a second before continuing, "you've raised a wonderful son. and-and i've very much been looking forward to meeting you." everything he wanted to say came blurting out before much of anything had occurred to the point that after he finished, it only then occurred that she must be here for a reason. being in the kitchen, he turned his attentions to a less intense conversation topic, "are you, um, would you like help with anything?"

How do you manage to stay true to yourself in an industry known for its pressures and expectations?

"i don't think it's that hard. at the end of the day, the only person who truly knows who i am is me. i just need to keep that engraved in my mind. who knows, maybe that'll become harder as my career goes on but right now, i'm not having a hard time staying true to myself."

Can you share a memorable moment from your idol journey that had a profound impact on you as a person, beyond your career?

"when i participated in all or nothing, i don't think i was expecting to debut. it's not that i wasn't confident, but i didn't put my life on the line like some of the other contestants. that might make me sound cocky, but it's true. making the debut line up sort of gave me that confidence boost i needed, sort of. it was a sign that i made the right choice when i decided to step foot in this industry and made me feel more confident about the choices i make in life."

What's a typical day like for you when you're not performing or practicing?

Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?

"if i wasn't a part of this industry, i think i'd be more worried about doing the right things. however, with this job comes the pressure that if i don't do things right, i won't have much of a career. so i guess i'm more worried about doing things right."

How do you deal with failure?

"i move on from it after taking whatever i can learn from the experience. there's no need to dwell on something that's already happened. of course, i can't stop myself from kicking my sheets from time to time because of those memories, but they won't stop me from moving on with my life."

What is your most embarrassing memory?