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❝ you can trust my friends, hyung. no one will find out about this later. ❞ his voice drips with reassurance and the utmost confidence but participating in a running man style scavenger hunt in the middle of the night in seoul when they’re both idols doesn’t seem like a wise choice under any circumstances. ❝ or are you disappointed it’s mostly guys? ❞ it’s an immature dig if he’s ever made one and he practically cackles, knowing full well the true concerns that lie with such a game. ❝ there’s no nudity either. i swear. unless you’re into that type of thing, then you can go to a bath house yourself. ❞

admittedly, hanbin doesn’t belong in the kitchen but he thinks he belongs in this moment as much as she does. ❝ i miss you, y’kno. you’re my best friend. you’re always gonna be my favorite girl so tell me. when you think it’s nothing, tell me anything. when you tell me there’s no tea so stop checking up on you, let’s brew some together. ❞

the question had come up randomly, a passing thought he voiced immediately without hesitance, the result of comfort being around her; the result of a friendship formed in an abstract manner. simply put, it’s easy to talk to luna. no pressure, no forced conversation. natural. but the question is, admittedly, more controversial than he realizes at first. solos and sm come randomly and, in some groups, for members one wouldn’t expect it from. still, he’s surprised she hasn’t had one yet because, to him, it’s a question of when and the question of if shouldn’t exist with a voice like luna’s. ❝ i mean it. ❞ he repeats, the sentiment still dripping in his words. but he’d gladly say it again. hanbin does believe in her.  ❝ i’d help you if you wanted. ah, like how christian-sunbae helped amber-sunbae. it’d be nice, right? to work on something together. our companies don’t do that often though, i think. right? but i’d want to. if it’s you, i wouldn’t mind. ❞

❝ yeah? do you really think so? ❞ he tries not to let the compliment go to his head but even hanbin can’t deny his stubborn nature. his astrology sign practically screams it because he’s rightfully a fire sign. far too easy to start and difficult to burn out. but there are days he thinks he’s losing strength. a flickering of flames, a reach for more oxygen. just enough to get through the night, that’s what he normally says when he works on a new song and then morning comes. the sun burns as brightly as he does. ❝ i think you’re the same way. on running man together, you got upset when you couldn’t win, right? ah— right. sorry everyone thought it was you but... you have to admit, it was suspicious at first! besides, any of the running man would’ve gladly helped you out as r-man. i’m surprised they didn’t pick you but, ah, that’d be too obvious, huh? ❞

❝ haven’t you heard ikon’s song dumb and dumber? who do you think that’s about? obviously one part of that is me. ❞ his smug grin screams of a particular brand of proud that only he wears, having proudly admitted on a broadcast that he became an adult within the last year and his main accomplishment short after was that very song. ❝ but if you want to call that funny, i’m all for it.  go ahead. i should add that to my list of talents, don’t you think? ❞