duri had really been filled with excitement for a while now. he was chasing his dreams after pushing it off for years to do other things. he was happy, he felt like he was in a good place right now. he had no cares in the world, besides actually training, you know. but, everything just felt good for duri right now, he was happy, his heart was happy, and he was just ready to take on his dreams. even if he was exhausted due to how many days and nights he was spending in training sessions for vocals and dancing. though, he took a bit more time with dancing due to the fact he was a bit more experienced when it came to being a vocalist due to his years of vocal lessons with a personal teacher and a teacher at seoul school of performing arts. everything he worked for was going to go greatly now that he was finally doing it. 

It was one of his worst fears come to life. He wasn’t sure how the topic had trickled into discussing physical appearance, but it had and now he was like a deer caught in headlights. It was no secret to anyone that Minki had gotten work done over the years, anyone could see that plain as day, but that didn’t make it any less of a dicey subject to bring up in front of other people - especially if the subject was going to be broadcasted all over national television in just a few weeks’ time. Even though it wasn’t anything new. Getting work done in their society had become what some might call “the norm.” It was definitely the norm in the idol industry, but that didn’t make Minki any more comfortable talking about it. 

“ oh ? ” but there was something that caught his eye within the constant transit of people and cameras, his figure easily jumping up from his slouchy position to aim his gaze to a figure to him all too familiar, his hand up to a very flashy wave. “ oh my god ! jihyun ! jihyuun ! oh god is that you ? ”

                         ❛ Minah wasn't sure if she was even supposed to be here. Everywhere and anywhere she went, she only felt like she was being cornered. Cameras were all up against the idols' faces and she didn't get past that either. Even in hunger or when her bladder tells her she needs a timeout, the cameras followed her every move like hawks eyeing their prey and waiting for an attack. Prey. She paused as she washed her hands, her body telling her that she has needs to fulfill at this moment and her grumbling stomach tells her just what she forgot to do. Eat. 

“Hello~” Minah cheerfully greets people on her way to stuff her stomach with something fulfilling. A silent prayer to her stars watching over her that they don't offer tasteless food or she just might go berserk. Scanning the area, she picks up what she considers appetizing and carefully stuffs herself in front of the camera. In the corner of her eyes, she watches a friend eat. Curious, she approaches her while the cameras weren't trying to zoom into her pores.

“Ya.” Minah pokes Lyra's shoulder. “What are you eating?” Could it be? A cake? How many slices had Lyra had? “Put that cake down. You should be a supportive friend. Come and suffer with me. Let's eat that green thing they call salad.” ❜

              More than once, in the past ten years, Taesung’s relationship with alcohol threaded a very dangerous line. His mother’s always warning her about the dangerous of an addiction and how easily he could tip over and fall into the worst side of it, but the man actually has a pretty strong support system that keeps him from entirely relying on alcohol for his peace of mind. This doesn’t mean, however, that sometimes he doesn’t like to get some drinks, even in the middle of the week. It’s Korea after all, a place where drinking alcohol is almost second nature to most of its inhabitants – he makes a mental note that he’s also Brazilian and well, there’s no worse combination than that. Whenever the urge to grab a drink with someone rather than by himself arises, there’s always one person he can call.

               Taesung remembers when Lyra debuted – it was only a few months after he himself did, so they met in several end of the year award shows, especially since back in the day there weren’t even half the amount of groups there are nowadays. They never truly got particularly close, but after several encounters they’ve reached this type of friendship where they just get together for a few drinks sometimes. There’s a bit of bitching – mostly from Taesung’s part, who is unable to keep his thoughts to himself, especially under the influence of alcohol – but mostly just a lot of laughs before each of them get back to their respective houses and respective beds. It’s an easy friendship, the type he doesn’t really have with people outside his group or that he hasn’t slept with before, and Taesung cherishes her for it.

Jisoo wasn’t really one for complaining about things that she couldn’t fix or change, but sometimes she just had to vent and air her grievances. Most of the time most of what she had to say was in regards to BC Entertainment and how they treated their idols, in particular the older ones. When she needed a pair of ears who she knew would pay attention to her, she would call on Lyra. Lyra was someone who could understand what she was going through, both of them having had debuted a long time ago and had dealt with a lot of shitty things throughout the years. 

In the eyes of the public, Hunter was already in a relationship, he had been for over a year. Dimensions had paired him up with his fellow label mate, Dohee, and they’d been a happy couple ever since. Going on dates and being seen out in public together. They even walk the red carpet together from time to time, just to keep up appearances. He was used to people talking about his love life and thinking they had a say in it. At first it bothered him, but after a while he decided not to let it get to him any longer. What was the use in getting upset over something he couldn’t change? 

        to put it simply, duri was excited. he always wanted to team up with his cousin to do something like they were going to be doing. to put it simply, all of jihyun’s songs were so good and he enjoyed them a lot. he really looked up to his cousin a lot, even if it wasn’t something he really said out loud. but, it was probably known that he was very much proud of the work that she was doing as an artist. so, when the presented idea had been made, duri was more than happy that he was getting to work with jihyun on a song together. he had made sure to collect his stuff, packing his notebook up, and a few other things that he needed for the lyric writing session. he made his way out and onto the meeting place.