#rkxroyal

[seonghwark]

he was already dressed, seonghwa knew he wanted to go out while he had the free time. yeah, the company offered help but he wanted to try his hand at it on his own. that didn’t mean he didn’t mind a little bit of the company. the main reason he found himself seeking out woohyun. if there was anyone that would go out with him, it would be woohyun. and it didn’t take to long to the other in the living room. 

“hey~” he sing-songed a bit and came to sit down next to woohyun on the couch. “do you want to go shopping with me? i’m trying to figure out what i want to wear for the party.” he had a few floating around. it wasn’t his style to do something hard or overly complicated. “it shouldn’t take too long but i always enjoy the feel of planning it.” either way, he knew it’d be fun at least. 

[rkidolships]

CONVEX INTRODUCTION VIDEO

Sehun / Hyun / Micha / Royal / Haru / Taeyong / Lay / Link / Jace / Seonghwa / Jinwook / Prhyme @rkohsehun, @rkhyun, @michaxrk, @rkxroyal, @rktaeyong, @rklandon, @sangyeonrk, @jacerk, @seonghwark, @rkjinwook, @seungcheolrk

[rkjinwook]

• • •  NOW LIVE!

↩️  :  continued from part one...

the door opens to reveal a group of convex members, filing into the room with enough noise to blow out the viewer’s speakers. jinwook grins extra wide at the camera and pretends to be shocked, with a pleased waaaaaah~! getting drowned out among the cheers.

taeyong leads the way, throwing confetti that seems magnetized specifically to jinwook’s hair. well, jinwook imagines it would make a mess to anyone’s hair, but most of the other members are wearing hats to hide their recent salon updates: jaehyun with a cap on, woohyun with his sweatshirt hood pulled up, and sangyeon, seungcheol, and hyun following close behind. it’s a pretty chaotic sight. jinwook can’t wait to check his social media later to find blurry screenshots and theories of each one’s new color.

the last member to enter is sehun, carrying a small rounded cake lit with live candles. it’s quite the entrance. as they all squeeze into the camera shot and sehun sets the cake in front of jinwook’s chair, the cheers settle into something more recognizable: happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! happy birthday dear jinwook, happy birthday to you!

it’s loud and chaotic and warms jinwook’s heart, smile splitting his face open as he sways along. when the song ends he closes his eyes and blows out the candles, and the room fills with more applause.

“thank you!!” jinwook says, almost at a yell. he tries again when the noise dies down. “thank you all, ahhh~ i’m so touched today~”  he holds a hand over his chest in a move that probably seems cheesy and insincere, but his heart really is racing. “even though it’s near the end, my teammates didn’t forget about me!!”

he slings his arms around the two closest members’ shoulders, having to reach up quite a distance to reach hyun’s. when jinwook looks up to joke about it, he’s reminded of another birthday gift. “oh—”

“how did i forget to mention earlier?!” jinwook reaches for his new songwriting notebook, and pulls a folded sheet of paper from the inside cover. “since hyun is here, i want to show consta another gift i received in the morning.” he laughs as hyun begins to protest — don’t show that, it’s embarrassing — and unfolds the paper. inside is a hand-drawn heart. “hyun gave me his heart~”

the room erupts in laughter and cooing and jinwook is floating on the adrenaline, easily surrendering the paper when hyun reaches for it again. it’s time for cake, anyway, and jinwook regains composure when he’s handed ( trusted with ) a large knife.

“first slice for consta,” he declares, holding a carefully sliced piece up to the camera. “today was really special because of you all~” with that the live begins to wrap up, as jinwook continues cutting slices and distributing them to his members, and the staff, too. “thank you so much for celebrating with me. i hope we can have many more v-lives in the future, and many more birthdays together too!”

[rklandon]

░▐ ★_2020년 7월 25일 、 SWIMMING FOOL

keeping the blond makes his part of the trip to the salon easier and he admits that it’s growing on him. part of him is convinced that he wants to stay blonde for a while. who would’ve thought he’d change his mind within months? that black might not be his favorite hair color anymore. the princess would probably lose her mind if she found out and he chuckles to himself as the bleach sits on his roots, a touch up still needed to keep the blond fresh, as he considers calling her up later to tell her of it. 

he can imagine the lecture now of whether he’s treating his hair right, if he’s over-washing it or using the wrong product to wash it. so much to go into hair care and skin care that he questions when idols have the time, especially when he thinks of the pretty nail art some of his friends have. beauty is pain, yes, but you don’t hear enough about how time-consuming it can be too. 

with the trip to the salon not taking long for him, he’s more focused on the part of the day he’s been thinking about since late into the night before, unable to sleep and lounging around on the couch instead as he tries to remember his lines. phone clutched in his hand during the rides back and forth, while he sat in the chair to wait for the bleach to develop, and now as he waits for his turn in the recording booth, he struggles with the idea that he has so many lines in swimming fool. he feels like the fool and though he has done the best he can to improve his singing, it still doesn’t feel like enough. 

what he’d give to be able to hold jinwook or woohyun’s hand through this, or to tease sehun, joke around with taeyong and seungcheol, rely on the members, but the truth is, he is the only one who can get himself through this so he does so the best way he knows how; with all the confidence he can muster, he reminds himself of who he is, of the song he wanted to release for their predebut teasers, and that he has come this far for a reason. 

he can allow himself to be a swimming fool but not a singing one. 

[danielxrk]

✞* starry eyed ╯

                                                                                                      ⊰ ◝ @rkxroyal ⊱

another month, another evaluation, and in retrospect, may was relatively uneventful. well, it was uneventful for daniel. the speak up project was exciting, namely getting reamed by sunmi in front of an entire class, but ultimately, it wasn’t much in comparison to the rest of his life, even just this year: best friends quitting being trainees, boyfriend enlisting, failing an evaluation. even for his misery in the first couple weeks of may, it ended on a higher note, and it ushers in a june that’s promising. he hopes to god nothing happens. he just wants to focus on training in peace-- on june’s evaluation and writing his music. 

hopefully, the most dramatic thing that happens to him this month is running into convex’s royal in the hallway.

it’s during the latter part of independent study, on his way back from the bathroom to the studio he most commonly uses (the one he met jinwook in on his first day.) they’re going on opposite directions, otherwise he likely wouldn’t have recognized him from the back. the natural thing to do would likely be to avert his gaze and pass by as if nothing happened, but instead of that rational response to anxiety, daniel just stops dead in his tracks, eyes inevitably wide.

he realizes after a moment, and bows profusely. “sunbaenim,” he says. that’s all he says. 

a year ago, daniel didn’t know any idols at all aside from what would become per_se and a little of eclipse. being on sphere’s team on the mgas, and subsequently jinwook and jinki’s, warmed him to convex quickly, and bias aside, they would surely be his favorite boy group regardless. their vocalists are strong, royal in particular someone whose talent he really admires. it’s so strange seeing him up close like this. “you must be busy!” he realizes. “sorry!”

[rkharu]

「  CALL ME BABY  」

performance / line distribution / for eye candy

when he had first received the news that they would be covering call me baby by unit black, he had looked at the piece of paper where the line distributions were. listening to the song he could remember having heard it somewhere a couple of years ago but he couldn't remember where. jaeyun found the color associated with his lines, maybe it was a blessing in disguise that he wasn't familiar with whose lines he had gotten-- because as he sat there and practiced them he didn't feel overwhelmed of any sort.

jaehyun had found himself curious however and later he had looked them up then the realization hit him that he had once again big shoes to fill. jaehyun exhaled deeply and when it was time to practice the dance with the group, he looked at changmin ( @michaxrk​ ) as he performed his little solo moment. a warm smile appeared on his face as he watched him from the sidelines, then also hearing woohyun ( @rkxroyal​ ) sing made jaehyun realize ( once again ) how talented the older was, the same with taeyong ( @rktaeyxng​ ) and he found himself wanting to do well-- to improve and make the members proud to say he was apart of convex.

for the next couple of weeks, jaehyun practiced the bridge the most-- looking at his own reflection while he sang and danced ( even if it was pre-recorded and his voice most likely would be tuned ), he still wanted to deliver a faithful performance and in his eyes, the bridge was incredibly impactful and he needed to do well

--

the day of the performance came and jaehyun watched himself in the mirror after he had gotten his hair and makeup done, while also making sure his clothes were sitting properly. he wasn't nervous but he did feel something in his chest, nervous excitement. it hadn't been that long since they had appeared on stage with pretty u and today they were greeting fans again.

there was also the fact that juhee ( @rksora​ ) was there and he still remembered the call they had at the end of june, where they had agreed to meet up this weekend. the month had passed so quickly-- he shook his head, he needed to manage his expression while he was there around people. in the monitor they watched the other performances, when it was their turn to walk up on stage, jaehyun followed the others onto the stage, while finding his place he nodded his head at the crowd to greet them.

when the music started, once again he looked at changmin as he started their song this time, it looked more polished now than at the start of the month. woohyun's and taeyong's voices sounded good, near the end of woohyun's part jaehyun walked up to his place and then when it was time he started lip-syncing ( which honestly felt weird, he didn't really like it ) so he danced, since he didn't have to sing he felt he could dance more precisely than before.

at the end of the third chorus jaehyun put on a melancholic expression while delivering the performance with juyeon, woohyun sang his high note. jaehyun felt the adrenaline of performing run through his veins as he danced on stage and looking into the camera made him feel alive ( even if he wasn't singing live ).

it ended sooner than he had thought and while walking off stage he saw juhee for a fleeting moment, he wondered if she had seen him as well but he couldn't dwell on that as he followed his members away from the stage.

[rkkwseok]

new tweet from:

sehunisaprincess, ok so. i’ve gotten hundreds of dms about that “nasa_li” girl,people want my opinion on what she said omggggg!! yeah so i looked up what happened, slept, when at work and stuff and read it and uhh, gonna make a thread omg ♡ 48 likes                                     ♻️ 1 retweets                         💬 28 comments

new tweet from: 

sehunisaprincess, thread on the convex dating rumors!! omg tea

♡ 782 likes                                     ♻️ 233 retweets                         💬 582 comments

–>  sehunisaprincess, first of all, the convex members in my opinion are allowed to date, whether they got a dating ban or not, the dating ban is stupid. and if the rumor turns out to be true then no matter what yall better support them     –>  sehunisaprincess, okay so, yeah i saw that sua girl in the mgas, she’s cool. miss nasa or whatever talked about that they share pets and held hands once. firstly, that was long ago yes, i believe, secondly, to me her proof for them pets aint rlly much        –>  sehunisaprincess, i do see there could be a possibility though, for them do be dating. and if it is true, then go hyun! go get that pussy. im also ok w me, hyun and sua being in a polyamory relationship i guess.           –>  sehunisaprincess, and now for our lovely boy royal aka woohyun              –>  sehunisaprincess, nosi la is fucking stupid what the fuck. woohyun and this girl joohyun LOOKED at each other??? and they got the same shirt??? so they dating??? ngl joohyun damn hot, im not gonna blame him if he dating her                 –>  sehunisaprincess, but thats the worst proof ive ever seen??? yall know my bandmember hyoseob. i steal his shirt, have probably kissed his cheek and joked w his straight-ness, we look like a couple sometimes, but aint nobody think we dating                    –>  sehunisaprincess, thta was such terrible proof im literally ??? if thats the kinda proof she comes w, then m almost doubting her proof of sua x hyun like???? they LOOKED at each other LMAOOJHNBVCRDT                       –>  sehunisaprincess, anyways royal if yall dating then omg you go! get that p*ssy too                           –>  sehunisaprincess, at the end of the day. expose me nasi lo, cause im married too all of the convex members¨

new tweet from:

sehunisaprincess, ok but afyeer this ive gotten my eyes up for eclipse, joohyun is mad hot holy shit imma check them out ♡ 102 likes                                     ♻️ 36 retweets                         💬 28 comments

[rkzhengting]

right back to ya.

         zhengting’s not entirely sure if this is appropriate.  it’s not, by any means, illegal or scandalous, but for some reason, it doesn’t feel entirely right.  he has a gift basket in hand, a small one filled to the brim with vitamin c blends, two bars of dark chocolate, and a cute little pig plush  ( a cheeky poke of his last name zhu, which sounds a lot like pig ).  in retrospect, it’s a nice thought -- woohyun had given him a welcome basket, so he’s only returning the favor.  but woohyun isn’t exactly new, so the gift just seems a bit out of place.

        but he already has it prepared and proudly displayed with a green bow that represents one of their group’s colors.  grip tightening around the base, he decides to just go for it.

        he knocks on @rkxroyal‘s room dorm, his heart thundering in his chest as he readies himself to say what he’s rehearsed twice before  ( just in case he rambles, as usual ).  “ah -- hyung.  i wanted to give this to you to, um, congratulate you on finishing the web drama recordings.”  and to thank you for welcoming me in the same way.

[rkheunji]

still saying hello / royal & jihyo

when she saw it happen, she could only wince. jihyo knew it wasn't her phone but it was still the idea of it. and it didn't seem like the person who dropped it had noticed it. there also wasn't anyone else around, so she scooped it up and tried to catch up with who she had come to realize was her senior. another member of convex she hadn't had a chance to speak with yet. "sunbae!" jihyo hadn't said anything until she was a breathe away from touching him.

"you dropped your phone." she held the device out towards him. "doesn't look like it cracked or anything." and once he took it, she took the chance to introduce herself. "and hello, i'm jihyo..a fairly new trainee." but it felt like it was coming to a point when she couldn't claim that anymore.

[seonghwark]

he yawned, slightly tired but still not ready to sleep. why not watch a movie instead? a few of the member’s were home but he was pretty sure no one had to leave. which meant, he could ask someone to watch it with him. ( and even if they said no, he still planned on doing it. ) so seonghwa set up his snacks at first. some drinks and candies were put on the coffee table and then he made his way to the kitchen to make some popcorn. once that was settled, he started to drift around the dorm. 

he walked from room to room until he came across woohyun. ( who, thankfully had his door open so seonghwa didn’t have to do the whole knocking thing. ) “hey, would you like to watch a movie with me? i have anything set up, just a little bored but i don’t want to sleep yet. what do you say?” 

[memoirsofrkxjiyeon]

* Too Bright

@rkxroyal

Going back to the time of the green ribbon festival in September, Minhee managed to catch up and see a few of the convex boys before they performed on stage which was nice. However, one of them wasn’t planned meeting since Minhee heading out from backstage and the sunshine decided to blind the view causing the sphere trainee walk straight into a familiar face who she hasn’t really spoken with since the Christmas event two years ago. Minhee lightly patted the shoulder of the one and only Woohyun follow by a wave, “Fancy bumping into you! Long-time no see Woohyun...or should I call you Royal or your Royal highness?” she couldn’t help herself to make a little joke about his stage name to help break the ice between since it has been a while. 

[rklandon]

░▐ ★_2020년 7월 20일 、 SEAMLESS

meeting the rest of the cast for a script reading and getting his measurements taken are the first few steps he takes. it’s different from his first experience acting. the cameo had been a fleeting experience. an entire day but this will take months and that thought settles on his mind during the wardrobe fittings. his accessories include glasses that he’s far too entertained by, a fact he shares by playing off the show name, grinning to himself when he manages to make at least one of the stylist’s assistants laugh. 

at first, he thought the frames were fake and he swears they are, picking them up with curiosity, asking if he could use his own or if they’d take the lens off for the glare of the camera or if they were anti-glare. he talks endlessly throughout the entire session that it’s a wonder they don’t tire of him or tell him to be quiet. ‘hold still,’ he definitely hears a few times, chuckling with a bow of his head and repetitive apologies, asking what kind of snacks or drinks they like so he can bring some to show his appreciation and sincerity. 

he even boasts of making the absolute best milk tea drinks and talks of the shop he used to work at, asking them to visit til one jokingly asks if he’s sponsored. with a cheeky grin, he tells them that the shop couldn’t afford him even with a discount because of the group he’s in. isn’t convex amazing, he regales of their talents and skills, asks if they’ve worked with hyun on heirs or sehun and taeyong with their photoshoots. if they know wooh— ah, royal hyung from his acting experiences too and insists they keep an eye out for the other members. the fitting goes by quickly the more he speaks and he’s in higher spirits than when he came in, this is really happening. 

[rkariel]

❝ your eyes — ♡

          hyemin has already laughed at her countless times. barely five minutes since she arrived at the cafe and her whining can be heard through the staff restroom she’s taken over to change in. from the moment she walked in, the teasing began and she’s only glad mijoo isn’t there to join in. as much as she’d appreciate some support, she thinks the amusement would win over most of all   —   of how the three of them started this, the concept of hbc, but here she is, the last single one left, going through all the effort to disguise herself in sweatpants, an oversized hoodie, a face mask, and sunglasses, bringing along a bag just to change. 

          it’s even her favorite duffle bag, a gift from chanyeol, stuffed with more options than she’d need because she still hadn’t decided by the time she had to leave to be on time. “ how long are you gonna take? one of the guys is already saying they need the bathroom ” to which ariel only cared about which guy it was and, knowing it was daewoong, she can only say tough luck. mijoo would be proud, she knows it, just maybe not of how ariel’s going through different tops minute by minute. was she always like this? 

          with an audible groan, she opens the door, having finally settled on a pastel pink button up shirt with shoulder cut-outs and white skirt, both styles a staple part of her closet. “ i look okay, right? ” and this time, she asks despite knowing the teasing would only get worse. to her surprise, hyemin doesn’t taunt her, doesn’t do anything but put her hands on either side of ariel’s head and remind her to breathe. crinkling her nose, she laughs, a soft whine slipping out because it’s a fair, very valid point to make but all the deep breaths in the world couldn’t stop her heart from racing the way it is now, especially when she glances at the clock. 

          he’s normally prompt, if not early, so just how far away is he now? the cafe is closed for the time being, something hyemin insisted on so ariel wouldn’t panic as much. key words being ‘as much’ and she’s grateful for it as she makes her way to the back table they’d sat at before but her mind is still scattered, all over the place and yet returning to the same topic: nam woohyun. 

          she swears the area is decorated more than the front of the cafe and she’s tapping her fingertips against the table as she takes it all in, heat creeping up her neck when she remembers how it’d been decorated around the winter holidays, of exchanged kisses, of almost but not quite, and the memory is more than enough to distract her from the flowers adorning the walls, of string lights, of how the table is already filled with cherry blossom themed sweets, and how she’d made her own again, tucked away in another bag for once he arrives. was it all too much? but, really, when is anything good enough for him? when is anything too much when she can’t stop thinking of wanting to give him the world? 

( ✧ ˟ &&. @rkxroyal )

[rkharu]

 「 a first for everything  」

“   the first time he does something is always exciting ” 

the moment he stepped on the set for knowing brothers, jaehyun wondered if he was ready for whatever this was-- he had never really watched any of the variety shows when he was a child growing up and so he didn't have a big interest in doing them either but he understood, this was a part of their promotion period. so jaehyun greeted the staff and the cast with a smile, he could have sworn he heard a giggle from one of the female staff members but he couldn't he certain.

when it was time to start the recording he took a deep breath, feeling slightly nervous but then when it all started his mind went blank, jaehyun walked in when it was his turn and stood in his designated spot.

jaehyun knew that he would be one of the quieter members but this was the first time he had actually seen how talkative some of the members were-- the topic of age came on suddenly and as woohyun ( @rkxroyal​ ) was trying to hide his age, jaehyun had somehow commented on the older being pretty old... and he covered his mouth but it somehow extracted a laugh from everyone.

when asked if there was anyone they wanted to meet he listened to everyone, then as he listened he looked at the others and remembered what he had written down on his note-- everyone had someone... was it only him that hadn't written down anyone and when it came to him jaehyun commented, pretty bluntly-- "there isn't really anyone i want to meet," his honesty garnered some laughter, "there was someone i kinda wanted to meet but not enough that i wanted to write their name down."

the show progressed and jaehyun could feel his nerves go down, the next portion of the show went on to talk about what was hiphop and what he was confident in... "well--" he said, put on a confident face, "what is hiphop to me is--" he looked at the staff and asked to borrow their notepad, "i can spin anything on my index finger," he says and starts spinning the notepad, he gets asked to continue spinning while the next person performers and he focuses on that when moving to the next section he hands the notepad back thanking the staff member with an apologetic smile.

when it comes to the next segment he looks around with wide eyes at the other members-- karaoke... a competition of doing songs, he was ready to be the reason why his team did badly because he had barely any knowledge of songs.

overall, it was a rather interesting experience for him-- it was the first time he had been on a variety show, was it something he would do again? willingly, maybe not-- if he got more comfortable maybe but he was sure that he would be told to do more if the entire group were to do them.

[seungcheolrk]

dazzle.

@rkxroyal 

though seungcheol doesn’t have any vocal lines in this song, he still asks woohyun for a little help after their regular practice is over. it’s his own obsession, wanting to have every word of every song they release imprinted on his brain, on the inside of his eyelids so that even in his sleep, he could sing their discography from start to finish. maybe it’s a pride thing; maybe he’s so happy to be part of this that he feels like he has to completely dedicate himself to it. maybe it’s more a comfort thing. it’s easier to feel confident with your own lines if you know the rest of the song better than the back of your hand. he wouldn’t miss his cue, wonder what part of the song they’re at. the less mistakes he can make on stage ( or in the public eye overall ) as possible, the better. isn’t that the case for everyone, really? especially after the couple hiccups convex has faced so far. 

running a hand through his hair, he takes a deep breath, glancing down at the printed lyrics before him. it’s woohyun’s note just after his own rap that’s getting him. he’s not too shabby with high notes but woohyun is undeniably miles, centuries ahead of him. he just can’t seem to reach it comfortably, especially when he’s trying to rap just before. he knows no one will ever have to, but that’s besides the point. where’s the fun if there’s no challenge? 

( in moderation, at least. that isn’t an invitation for sphere to start putting more focus on his dancing. even if he knows the company can’t read his thoughts, he’s still a little nervous. )

“hey, so you know your high note after my rap towards the end?” he asks curiously once they’re alone. his head tilts to the side ever so slightly. “I know I’m never going to.. need to be able to do it, but it’s driving me crazy. I keep— my voice breaks or it sounds strained or unnatural or I can’t hold the note because I don’t have enough breath— do you mind helping me a little?” 

[jacerk]

●// higher

@rkxroyal

“hyung, hyung, hyung-“ jihoon feels like a kid really, trying to catch up to woonhyun as the other seems to be sprinting down the sphere corridor and on his way back to the dorms. it was rare for him to actually go back so early, but there were days where he knew he shouldn’t be pushing so hard. sometimes, his shoulder started to hurt, he had a headache, he was just drained, and somehow, along the way, he finally learned to treat his body with some respect. not shattering it to the ground and then trying to fix it for weeks on end.

“woohyun hyung-“ he finally catches up with the said male, after speed walking past the trainees. it seemed like everyone just wanted to head back home today. “are you heading home?“ he asks, because who knew. woohyun could have decided to go visit friends, or his parents, and the thought made jihoon realize that it had been more than half a year since he went to see his own parent, but he swallowed it down “or you heading to meet friends?“