#iris ester

Mijin bounced on the balls of her feet. She giggled to herself, looking at herself in the mirror. She turned around and skipped over to the couch where Jiae was sitting. She plopped down next to her, watching the rest of you finish up getting ready.

“I’m so excited,” Mijin squirmed happily, “I was hoping we would come on this show at some point.”

“I told you we would,” Suyoung chuckled

Mijin chatted happily with Jiae as you and Suyoung touched up your makeup. One of the PDs knocked on the green room door, informing you guys that there were 5 minutes until filming started. Mijin hummed happily to herself. Ru called for Suyoung.

“Yeah? What’s up, Ru?”

“I’m a little nervous,” she said shyly, “I’m not good on variety shows.”

“Aww, Ru~ You’ll do fine!” Suyoung wrapped her arms around Ru’s neck, giving her a hug.

The PD knocked on the door, asking you guys to come out. You filed out of the green room and followed the PD behind the set. You could hear the boys talking loudly from behind the set. Suyoung stood behind the door of the entrance. Mijin stood beside her, bouncing excitedly. Suyoung slid the door open and walked in.

“Oh, Iris!” Heechul exclaimed

You all lined up behind the podium.

“1, 2, 3,” Suyoung counted

“Staying in your eyes! Hello, we are Iris!” you all said in unison

You went down the line and introduced yourselves.

“Hello, I’m the leader, Ester!”

“Hello, I’m Ruby.”

“Hi! I’m Mijin!!”

“I’m Y/N!”

“Hello, I’m Jae.”

The men greeted you kindly. Heechul stood up and pointed at you.

“Ya! Y/N!” he exclaimed

“Heechul-ah!” you exclaimed back

“I told you I’d get you on this show!”

“Took you long enough!” you huffed, making the others laugh.

“Yah, Heechul. How are you friends with so many girls?” Hodong joked

Heechul only winked at Hodong. You and Mijin giggled while Suyoung stifled a laugh. After you finished with introductions, you all paired up with the members and sat down at the desks. You sat with Heechul, obviously. Suyoung sat with Kyunghoon, Jiae sat with Janghoon, Ru sat with Hodong, and Mijin sat with Sangmin. Jiae was the first up in the Guess About Me segment.

“What is my dream collaboration stage?”

All of the girls stifled a giggle, knowing exactly what the answer was. Jiae always talked about her dream stage. The men asked a few questions, trying to get a few more details. After a bit of talking, Heechul let out a loud laugh.

“You want to dance with Eunhyuk!”

Jiae’s face turned a bit pink. She said Heechul was right, making all the girls break out into giggles. Her crush on Eunhyuk was so obvious.

Everyone else got up and asked their questions then moved onto the next segment. Today it was boys against girls in a 2 part game. Mijin was so excited to play a game against the Knowing Brothers. The first game was a guess the song in one-second challenge. Heechul is known for being the best at this but you had a feeling that you could at least compete with him. You were all quiet as the first song played. A girl’s voice echoed around the room.

“Oh!” you exclaimed, “It’s ‘TT’ by Twice!”

You all looked at the judge. He gave you the thumbs up, signaling you were right. The game continued, finishing with a score of 3-5 in favor of the guys. The next game was a random dance challenge.

“If you guys win,” Hodong spoke up, “We’ll let you perform your new song ‘I Am Me’.”

“And what happens if you win?” Mijin questioned

“You post about us on your social media,” Heechul smirked

“Deal,” Mijin agreed

You were all quiet as you waited for the song to start playing. The first song that came on was Red Velvet’s ‘Ice Cream Cake’. Heechul was quick to start dancing but so was Mijin and Jiae. Dancing is when Jiae shined the brightest. She always looked so confident and happy while dancing. Mijin looked just as happy as Jiae did, just happy to be doing this. Suyoung watched the two of them like a proud mother. Ru was just happy to be here. You had begged Heechul to get Iris on Knowing Brothers because you knew how much fun it would be for everyone.

You were all out of breath, finally done with dancing. The PD tallied up the points and announced the winner.

“With a total of 10 points,” he said, “Iris wins.”

The five of you cheered, giving each other a group hug.

“Alright, as promised you can perform your new song for us,” Hodong announced

“I’m jealous!” Mijin whined, “I wanna go see kids!!”

“Mijin, you are a kid. Who’s gonna trust you with kids?” you laughed.

Mijin flopped down on the couch in your dorm living room, grumbling to herself about how she was an adult too. Ru came over and patted her head.

“Next time you can come with us. But let us test this out first,” she reassured the upset Mijin.

Suyoung finally got out of the bathroom, Jiae rushing in just after she left. She looked over the living room setting her eyes on Ru.

“You ready to go? We’re going to be late,” Suyoung worried

“We’ll be fine, Su. We can go now though if you want,” Ru reassured her

“Yeah, let's go.”

~

“So you’ll be babysitting Soeul and Daeul today,” your group’s manager informed Suyoung and Ru.

“Awww~ Daeul looks just like Jongdae~” Suyoung gushed, “I just wanna give him a big hug!”

Ru and the manager just laughed to themselves. The manager continued briefing the girls until they arrived at Lee Beomsoo’s home.

“Hello! I’m Ester,”

“And I’m Ruby,”

“And we’re from Iris!” Suyoung introduced themselves to Daeul and Soeul.

Soeul shyly but excitedly greeted the two older girls. Daeul had to be persuaded into saying hello, intimidated by the two older girls. By this time, the children’s father, Lee Beomsoo, was gone leaving the kids with Suyoung and Ru. The older girls were sitting on the floor with the kids talking with them.

“Do you want lunch?” Suyoung asked

Both the children nodded. Before Suyoung could get up, Ru got up, saying she would cook and Suyoung could watch the kids. Suyoung thanked her before returning her attention to Soeul and Daeul.

A half hour later, Ru called everyone over to the table to eat. Suyoung helped Daeul and Soeul sit down while Ru served the food. Ru made a simple meal of bibimbap with a side of kimchi for the older girls.

Suyoung sat next to Daeul and helped feed him. Ru sat across from the three of them. They all enjoyed a nice lunch together, laughing and joking while eating.

~

“Thank you for having us in your home,” Suyoung thanked Beomsoo just as the girls were leaving.

“Thank you for coming and taking care of my children all day,” he chuckled

Suyoung and Ru bowed politely to the actor then walked over to the children. Suyoung knelt down to their height.

“Thank you for playing with us,” Soeul said sweetly, coming over to hug both girls, “Your food was very yummy, Eonni.”

Both of the girls’ hearts melted at the sweet gesture. Daeul shyly came over and hugged the girls too, giving a little peck on Suyoung’s cheek.

The girls said their final goodbyes, thanking Beomsoo for letting them into his home again, and left. Suyoung spent the rest of the day talking about how cute Soeul and Daeul were and the little kiss Daeul gave her.

~

“Ahh~ I’m so jealous!! I wanted to meet them!!” Mijin whined while watching the Return of Superman episode Suyoung and Ru were on.

“Next time,” Ru promised yet again

“You’re a child so you’ll get along with them very well,” you teased under your breath

“Ok, I’m freaking out,” Jiae panicked, walking back into the room

“Hey, what’s up?” Suyoung asked worriedly

“So my manager just called me. They said that another manager saw us on Knowing Brothers and then one thing led to another and now I’m doing a dance stage with Eunhyuk.”

There was a moment of silence before Mijin stood up, bounding over to Jiae.

“Ooh~ Someone gets to do a dance stage with their crush~” she teased

“Stop! I don’t have a crush on him!!” Jiae protested, the blush on her cheeks not helping her case.

“That’s really exciting!” Ru clapped, “Do you know what kind of dance you’ll be doing?”

“No, not yet. We have to meet up and talk about the choreography.”

“Oooh, you’re gonna meet up with him all on your own~”

“Minnie, stop teasing Jiae,” Suyoung shooed her away from Jiae.

She wrapped an arm around Jiae’s shoulder and walked her over to where you and Ru sat. Mijin huffed, a little upset her fun was ruined but came and sat down with the rest of you. You guys took a break from rehearsing, the five of you just sitting on the floor. While relaxing, there was a knock on the door. You all simultaneously told whoever it was to come in. The door opened and in walked Eunhyuk.

“Hey guys, sorry to interrupt,” he said sheepishly “Can I steal Jiae for a minute?”

“Yeah, no problem,” Suyoung eyed Jiae knowingly

Jiae got up and walked out with Eunhyuk. Right when the door closed, all of you burst out into giggles as Mijin made kissy noises.

~

A while later, Jiae came back. Her face was tinted pink.

“Hey Ji. How was your talk with Eunhyuk?” Ru asked

“It was-uh...good.” she stuttered

“What did you guys discuss?”

“Oh-uh,” she fidgeted with her hands, “Just the song and choreography.”

“Did you guys decide on something?” Suyoung asked

“Yeah...yeah, we did.”

“Oooh, what song? I wanna know!” Mijin exclaimed

Jiae’s face flushed red as she muttered something under her breath. No one was able to hear her so Suyoung asked her to speak up.

“‘Troublemaker’, that’s the song.”

“Oooh you and Eunhyuk are gonna do a sexy dance together~” Mijin teased “I bet you’re excited!”