#idsophia

Dusk eases into the studio slowly, quietly. She barely notices the shadows on the walls until she realizes that she’s become one of them, silhouette stark against the blank walls. There’s time to linger on that — time to linger on many things as of late. Promotions are over, and with them the necessary group schedules: the late hours in the practice room, or a film set, or a music show stage, playing up the quirkiness that natural follows being a member of Cherry Bomb! and the sexy-cute image that’s been pinned on her for as long as she’s been in the business.

That’s all fun and games, but this — the studio, the recording, the hours spent in pursuit of perfection — this is what she’s always loved the most about every time they come back. Nothing quite as comforting or easy as working with good people on a good song.

It’s just a few of them in the studio now, her and Sophia, the producer and his assistant, the latter two heading for the door on the pretence of a smoke break. Mona feels Jowi’s absence acutely; her schedule necessitated her lines a priority, and she was gone soon after in her usual flurry, leaving her left behind as she’s always been as of late. She tries not to feel bitter about it, but the taste of greed never really goes away when fame is concerned. At least she has the liberty of spending the next few hours in the company of found family.

Company that seems unable to take in a word of what anyone’s been saying . Even if she was unaware of the full extent the hurricane that is Jiyong has managed to sweep up in his hellbent desire for destruction, Sophia’s sombreness takes up so much of the room that it’s obvious (to her, at least) that something was wrong. But she knows Jiyong well, and knows Sophia too. And in the crossfire between a boy and a girl who never know when to back down, somebody was bound to get hurt.

In the end, it’s someone who didn’t deserve it — because that’s how it always is, isn’t it?

“Your singing is pretty today,” a poor attempt at making light-hearted conversation, but it isn’t as if it’s untrue. But Mona’s never been one to ease into anything, so she bites the bullet and hopes that the blowback doesn’t tear her apart. “You know you can talk to me about it, right? I mean, not that I don’t know what happened between you and Jiyong — and it wasn’t fair for him to do that to you.” She sighs, the internal reminder to kick Jiyong in the ass more pressing than ever.

Send me ❄️for my muse’s response to being underneath mistletoe with your muse.

haeyeon considers herself lucky. she’s known for helping out younger idols when she can, silently doting on them and pushing them in the right direction even if they can’t tell she’s doing it. she loves that she can be a quiet force for the girls who might not know how to navigate in this industry that she had to get used to herself too quickly. 

but when she finds herself under the mistletoe with a younger idol that she’s never really met before, she freezes. nervously, haeyeon laughs a little and rubs at the back of her neck, feeling her face warm up at the younger girl smiling from the absurdity of it all. sophia, her brain supplies out of nowhere, knowing her face from the times cherry bomb and jinx have been around each other at shows and what not. haeyeon’s brain shuts down for a bit, trying to work out how the two of them found themselves in this situation. she knows that sophia is known for being a bright girl, the opposite of haeyeon. she herself isn’t the most outgoing of people, so this isn’t excatly a place she wants to be.

( also asked by @idgoeun! )

the answer is simple.

in this case, the resolution is simple.

to be scandal-free.

2018 was both a good and bad year for POIZN—for him. love scenario placed them on the map. again. but his scandal, those leaked pictures, sent him far back. a solo 99 planned was stripped away, and he was immediately placed under surveillance akin to detention or house arrest. whichever is deemed appropriate.

so, iseul plans to be on his absolute best behaviour. he doesn’t want anything exposed. though, he is out of dirty laundry. he doesn’t want POIZN to be once again confined to practice rooms because they have enough of that. it’s all they ever do.

iseul has always cited POIZN as a cursed group. something always happens. something from the past is always dug up. he doesn’t get it. they’re not bad. misunderstood, okay. the universe must have a vendetta against them. or he murdered a village in his past life, so he and the others he cherishes are suffering now.

if he can see to it, he swears to not land in the headlines again. not for something he did when he was younger because he assures anyone, he won’t do anything to jeopardize POIZN, his members nor himself. not again.

but if he can say another resolution. one that might be beneficial but not something his heart is ready for, iseul wants to move on. wants to stop remembering... someone. wants to stop loving her. he just wants it all to stop because it hurts.

— send me 🎁 to find out what my muse would give yours for christmas.

the thing about sungyeol was that if he wanted to gift somebody something, he did not look for occasions. it seemed stupid to do so, anything received during christmas associating with obligations more than genuine giving. 

sixth day of christmas: mini holiday meme🎵 / what song does hyera want to cover for christmas? (also asked by @idjunseo​)

Send me ☃️ to find out a resolution my muse has for the new year.

also asked by @idjaejoon

Haneul wants to improve his performance skills. It’s pretty vague of a resolution, yes, but he doesn’t really want to just be the one in the group who just looks pretty and has no skills anymore. That image never did sit well with him, and he’s ambitious- he wants to be the next big thing, not just one of the people who tried and failed. 

Send me 🤶 to find out one person my muse wants to spend Christmas with, and why.

@idsophia, university festival performance.

it’s cold. the kind that seeps in between layers. wraps around limbs and drills into bones. winter shaking itself to life, and eunsol resents it. not winter in a grander sense. but she doesn’t enjoy being shoved out in the cold, improperly dressed, and not even for a particularly important performance. just some university, like the many others they’ve attended. it seems to be something of a regularity for nightmare. they’re not exactly out there hitting home runs like honey, they need to take what they can get.

at least this school’s important enough to hire a big name along with them. of course, that probably means that her group is considered some kind of warm up performance for the main event. but what does it matter, maybe they’ll get more attention for it. and they’re not strangers. maybe not close, not all of them. but eunsol knows sophia well enough. they’re friends. in a sense, at least. sophia considers her a friend, and on some level of the word eunsol shares that sentiment. 

it’s just that with eunsol, as often is the case, many of her actions come packaged with additional reasoning. maybe she’s not friends with sophia solely because they got along. maybe there are some hidden bonuses there that eunsol is trying to coax out of her bit by bit. but at the end of the day, if eunsol is talented in anything other than singing, it’s networking. pushing herself to the front of a pack at the expense of anyone else around her. 

all’s fair in love and war -- that’s how it goes, right? and what is the idol word if not a war?