#seulgirk

Wendy couldn’t do anything else but nod in approval when the dancers of AND*ROMA presented the choreography they came up with. She doesn't know much about dance when compared to singing, but she couldn't help but wonder why they weren't allowed to come up with their own choreography more often. It's probably the same reason she isn't allowed to write any songs for the group.

She may not be one of the better dancers, but Wendy knows how to study whatever is presented to her. It's a skill she picked up from figure skating, piano, guitar, and ballet classes before joining the ranks of Nova Entertainment.

The concept for this cover is a rather exciting one. It's more in line with what suits their current age group, to be honest. Wendy feels like they're all too old to dancing around while waving lollipops or using a fake cute voice. They are so way beyond that age, so when the dance line proposes an edgier, more mature cover, Wendy is one of the first to say "Yes!"

Honestly, Wendy would have been fine being in the background for most of the dance. She isn't part of dance line and would have been fine if they got most of the spotlight. However, she was delighted to learn that all of them got their moment to shine. All of their dancers deserve so much better, and she hopes this cover shows exactly how good they are as a team.

Before she realizes it, D-Day for recording has arrived. Unlike recording for actual music videos, there's none of the usual nerves that comes with it. The dominant feeling she has is excitement. After all, this is a surprise gift to the fans after winning their first music show. After all, they were gifted with a win, they should give back as well.

To get people hyped for the video, Wendy has taken it upon herself to post a teaser photo of the cover. It's nothing too fancy, but she had to get AND*ROMA's name out there in any way she can.

Her part in the choreography isn't too hard to follow; however, Wendy had to spend a chunk of her time trying to push her hair back in a sexy, but subtle way. She only hopes she doesn't screw up when recording actually happens.

Recording was as fun and exhausting as it could be. After all, they're shooting the same dance over and over again. At least the other girls are a whole lot of fun to be with. She can't imagine being stuck in a studio, recording the same thing over and over again with anyone else.

curious, she types the group’s name into the search bar and waits for the results to load. there are their official videos like music videos and dance practices, a few special stages from festivals, and surprisingly, there's a variety of fan-made contents.

meiqi skips over a compilation of wendy’s singing (she saves it for later though), and a video that claims to introduce the newest maknae of and*roma, landing on a peculiar title, only uploaded a few hours ago: learn the alphabet with and*roma: sunmi's birthday vlive edition!

the video starts.

a is for — “aaaAAAAHHHHH” (the members scrambling around, everyone is screaming, rip headphone users) b is for — birthday girl (a picture of sunmi holding a cake, taken from juhee’s instagram post, there are hearts drawn around her and a caption that says “happy birthday gf <3”) c is for — candles (zoomed into the couch aflame in the corner, courtesy of the candles on the fallen cake right beside it) d is for — “don’t eat cake off the floor!!” (sunmi yelling at meiqi) e is for — “expensive cake" (a screencap of the cake before it was dropped, sparkle emojis and money bag emojis are edited around it) f is for — “floork” (seulgi saying the word she’s just created while crouched over the fallen cake) g is for — G7 (wendy’s scream as the cake falls, the caption says “she just naturally hits a g7 note??? the g in kpop stands for gyeoul,” rip headphone users part 2) h is for — "happy—" (everyone starting to sing happy birthday, but it’s cut off after the first word as the cake starts to slip) i is for — “i’m going to make tiramisu!” (sunmi starting the baking process at the beginning of the vlive) j is for — juhee falling (juhee tripping over air and dropping the cake, the caption says “PROTECT THE MAKNAE”) k is for — kaeun is a firefighter (kaeun throwing a cup of water to put out the fire) l is for — like the office (sunmi looking into the camera like in the office) m is for — meiqi soap opera queen (meiqi falling to the floor dramatically with a loud wail as the cake also falls) n is for — “new york” (sunmi saying she’s from new york, the caption says “mrs. worldwide” with the earth emoji and pitbull superimposed beside her) o is for — “of course i know how to speak english” (sunmi talking to the camera in english) p is for — per_se (sunmi talking about how and*roma and per_se were together for her birthday last year, the caption says “we love brother-sister groups supporting each other”) q is for — queens (a clip of the cushion mv, the caption says “stream cushion btw”) r is for — really fucking loud (a montage of the loudest moments from the vlive plays, rip headphone users part 3) s is for — sunmeow (meiqi telling sunmi to say meow and calling her “sunmeow”) t is for — talented sisters (sunmi saying luxe’s ashe is her sister, images of the two keep piling on top of each other until sunmi is completely covered, the caption says “stan luxe”) u is for — unbelievable (a montage of the girls trying to salvage the cake, the caption says “does nova not feed their artists??? SAVE AND*ROMA!!!!”) v is for — video silently (sunmi saying they’ll do the vlive quietly to not disturb the other members’ sleep, followed by the clip of them yelling, the caption says “so quiet!” rip headphone users part 4) w is for — “we are clean women!” (meiqi trying to argue with seulgi and sunmi about eating the cake from the floor) x is for — xcited (the group cheering when the clock hits 12am) y is for — younggi really wants to eat cake off the floor (seulgi’s initial recommendation to eat the part of the cake that didn’t touch the floor, followed by her final words of the vlive again talking about eating the floork) z is for — zfamily (everyone happily making the tiramisu together, the caption says “they really do love each other so much T____T they’re so cute”)

meiqi is laughing herself to tears by the end of the video. when they had planned to surprise sunmi on her birthday, she had no idea that the night would have gone the way it did. the memory itself is enough to reduce her to a hiccuping laughter, but the way the fan had edited the clips together and added commentary, it’s just... it’s pure gold.

sunmi props the camera up on the opposite end of the kitchen island. she smiles. with a step back she makes sure she’s in frame even as she begins to bake. “i’m going to make tiramisu! i really enjoy it and i think the girls would like it as well.”

she starts with light whipping the cream. she makes sure to show everyone how it goes, angling the bowl and lifting the whisk so they all could see. she smiles. it’s a little lonely to make a tiramisu on her own but it’s slightly less lonely with everyone engaging on the comments. while she works she figures it’s good to fill the empty space by talking.

“this time last year i was going through a difficult time.” she figures anyone here would remember or know about the supernova project but there’s always a chance that there are new fans who never watched the show when it aired or still haven’t gone back to watch it in the first place. “it was the start of the final month of the supernova project. i was feeling really discouraged.” she doesn’t think people understand how pivotal that point in her career was. she was going to leave nova after. it was already too much time spent. she was nearing her thirties. she didn’t want to wait any longer. “and it was my birthday. i couldn’t spend it with my family. i only had everyone in nova. i’m glad they chose to celebrate it with me. but i know we were all tired and wanted to go home, see our families. i really wanted to see my siblings. it’s hard being away from them so much. everyone in and*roma and per_se made sure i wasn’t lonely.”

the tiramisu was going well. she continued. “i have four siblings.” she peeks to check the comments. many were pointing out ashe. she nods. “yeah, ashe is my little sister. i’m the eldest. i also have my brother sungdong. a lot of you know him as an old royal trainee.” their parents had gotten married some time ago. it wasn’t even a large transition for them. “and we have two younger siblings. the twins.” she pauses, watching the comments pass. “i will see them later in the week for a family birthday celebration!”

just as sunmi gets ready to say they’re almost done preparing the tiramisu, the lights go out. the soft glow of the phone is the only light source. it’s not much, since the screen is reflecting the darkness in the room. sunmi straightens, turning to the doorway of the kitchen. “what’s going on--” she says out loud. she’s ready to call for the girls to see if they noticed the power outage but instead they come in, turning on the light as they enter with the cake in hand.

juhee is holding a cake with the others following closely. they all sing happy birthday as they walk. though judging by the walking speed, juhee is particularly nervous being tasked with holding the birthday cake. she’s so tense as she walks and tries hard not to take large steps. juhee stumbles, quickly recovering with s shuffle of her feet. the jerky motion causes the cake to tilt forward....gravity takes care of the rest.

there’s a chorus of simultaneous screams: all of them poised to grab at the cake even though they don’t make a swipe for it. meiqi seems to fall dramatically like a soap opera star as the cake does. she let’s out a loud wail. had she yelled out “no” it would have been a clip straight out of one of the cheesy dramas where the lead girl gets injured in a car accident. wendy is the loudest with her scream. it’s probably what startled sunmi to yell as well. the candles on the cake rolled towards the couch. the candles managed to ignite the couch corner which sparked another chorus of panicked screams and yells. kaeun is quick to grab a cup of water and douse the tiny flames.

they all stay silent for a moment, looking at the destroyed cake on the kitchen floor and the scorched couch that can just barely be seen in the frame of the video. then seulgi chimes in with, “.....well we can steal eat the part of the cake that didn’t touch the floor.” sunmi looks at her, appalled. “don’t do th--”

meiqi is quick to interject: “eat the cake that touched the floor too! we are clean women there is no need to waste good expensive cake!” sunmi repeated herself, louder this time. “don’t eat cake off the floor!” seulgi shrugs. wendy seems to agree with the sentiment. “we did pay a lot of money for it.” kaeun grabs the serving plate the cake was on and a spatula. she immediately starts to scoop it back where it was.

sunmi looks into the vlive camera in disbelief. she’s not sure how the general consensus became to eat the floor cake.

meiqi uses the distraction to dip her fingers into the floor cake (or floork as seulgi hilariously refers it as) and draw whiskers on sunmi’s face with the icing. it’s goopy and sunmi swears it feels icky. “whiskers!” she declares cutely. she makes whispers on sunmi’s other cheek as well. she picks up the vlive camera and turns it to point at the leader. “say meow sunmi.....sunmeow!”

sunmi waves meiqi off for such a corny play on words before she turns her attention to the others. “yah! don’t eat that floork! i’m making tiramisu. we’ll just finish it together...right?” they didn’t look too convinced but if they were going to eat the floork then at least off camera. “help me finish it guys come~” she reaches behind her, pulling juhee right next to her so they can get it done together.