#rkgray

the dusk was setting properly, it was well after the samsung summer party-- she was still a trainee and could enjoy her time with the other girls but soon her reality would be changed. sooyoung had asked their manager if she could go see her mother for a little while, given the address and everything to make sure it was alright before walking outside. once there she looked up at the familiar apartment complex, from the street she could see her apartment and the apartment next to hers-- his apartment.

sooyoung smiled to herself as she walked confidently towards it, she would see her mother but she was there for an entirely other reason. she hadn’t been able to see gray since she had gotten back and the last time she had seen him, had been a couple of nights before she had gone to iceland.

there hadn’t been any immediate plans to see him because she knew she needed to practice still, that had changed when she saw him on stage earlier in the day. for one of the trainee evaluations she was sure but the moment the song had come on, she recognized it as the song she had sung with him, summer night. with anxious steps, she got to their floor and although she had been there so many times-- lived there, it had now started to feel foreign to her ( this wasn't her home anymore ).

silently she stood outside gray's apartment, looking at the door and wondering if he was home. she hadn't told him she would be arriving but she just wanted to see him and to hold him. she reached a careful finger out to ring the doorbell and then she waited-- nervous and excited at the same time, what would his reaction be to see here there?

Perhaps playing Teamfight Tacticts isn’t the most approachable thing to do during lunch in her brand new field of work but admittedly, Yoohyeon is a little overwhelmed by the fact that she is now a trainee. Her entire daily schedule has immediately been turned upside down and whilst used to starting shifts at 10AM, it’s an absolute nightmare having to arrive four hours earlier. If asked, however, she is not about to rant about early mornings, but rather appreciate the much wanted chance to secure a dream. She will get through this, she will get used to it.

Eventually, at least, but not now. Yoohyeon is exhausted from all the training, to someone who hasn’t worked out a single day in her life, the new schedule is painful-- quite literally so, she is sore all over from the day before, even in places she wasn’t aware could hurt. She mindlessly stuffs a piece of food into her mouth while arranging her characters, opting for that S-tier build with rebels and demolitionists, so completely drawn into her game that she doesn’t notice that she is being approached by a familiar face. “No,” she whispers, when passing a Jinx.

@rkgray

he was shocked to say the least. he had already resolved himself to not debuting and being told that he wasn’t good enough. he was ready to bear the failures on his shoulders and depart from the group. he was ready to do that. he could sacrifice his dreams for the sake of the group and he just stared in shock at yoon joonki who had told them that they were good enough for debut, but not only that. his rapping skills were acknowledged and named main rapper. his gaze immediately flew to gray since he had expected that the other would be the main rapper since in namjoon’s opinion, the older male was so much more talented than him. he was still in legitimate shock over the news given to him that he has to take a few moments to mentally compose himself. 

“ Sometimes you had to have differences to come out as a team together. ”

@rkgray

welcome to whose line, where everything’s made up, and the points don’t matter.

it’s the only line that’s been running through his mind since this whole workshop started. admittedly, when he’d first signed up for the various workshops, he hadn’t read any of the descriptions, making decision based solely on title and content, on things he liked and wanted to learn. he didn’t read anything about how the classes would be taught, and what they’d spend the hour or two doing. maybe if he had, he’d have known that this improvisation class was lecture only, and he would have avoided taking it because, as much as he knows improvisation is important in this industry, and especially to him as an emcee for the spop channel, he just cannot sit through an entire lecture without losing his mind.

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in comparison to their debut, they seem to have a lot of schedules going on for them. back then, haknyeon had felt as though they’d been lacking in that department; aside from promoting on music shows, and a radio show sprinkled there, their schedule (variety wise) had been lacklustre. 

though, with this era, it seems as though nova’s got them doing all sorts of things. for example, this after mom is asleep show they’ll be recording to post on youtube. it’s a fun idea, and haknyeon thinks it’ll be great for per_se to showcase themselves as... loud as they are (it’ll definitely be a challenge).

( a starter for @rkgray​ )

There’s an unspoken pressure within the group, one that pushes most of the trainees to stay past the typical end time of training hours. Make no mistake, Hyunjin thrives under pressure. Or, maybe he doesn’t thrive per say, but he’s always been high functioning in environments such as these. He’s used to pushing himself to self-defined high standards, it’s what he’s been doing his entire life after all. Exhaustion remains far from alien.

It’s a combination of this that leaves Hyunjin wandering around the company late at night, having missed the final bus for his hour-long commute home. This also isn’t new.

Feet shuffling along the brightly lit halls Hyunjin finds himself outside the studios, a few of the lights to the small rooms still on. Producing was new to Hyunjin, a foreign subject in many ways. While Hyunjin found comfort in using dance to express himself, or even specific music pieces, creating music to express oneself was novel. Curiously peering into one of the rooms with the door slightly ajar, Hyunjin’s eyes take in the equipment itself, marvelling at the true expanse of the technology.

Merry Christmas to @rkgray                           | from @rkxsnh

merry christmas to the king, gray. he is one of the well known and loved “oppa’s” and “hyung” in rk- he has guided, protected and loved all of his peers and friends, treating everyone as though they were a part of his family. happy holiday to the prince, kangjoon. definitely taking the spot as one of the most devilishly handsome guys in rk- he is as kind as he is charming and someone who everyone can rely on and terrifying to be on the wrong side of. finally, the best of wishes and blessings to the queen, shinobi. much like your muses, you have graced us with so much love and brilliance, that i seriously couldn’t imagine rk-rping without you. from romantic ships to being one of the original bro-squad members, to someone who i’m genuinely friends with in real life and in the same lit gaming squad in lol. i wish you the very best this christmas and following new year, definitely pray for more blessing your way and to have a smooth sailing year ahead of you.