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The Bangtan Gal Chapter 21- American Hustle Life Episode 4

Chapter Summary: When the next challenge has to do with rapping, Jen is quick to let Suga know about her lack of skills. Suga however, reassures her and is finally asked by her for rapping lessons.

Words: 3,000+

Genre: Yoongi and Jen fluff! YoonJen!

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Since they were the losers, Jennie, Suga, Jungkook and V were on laundry duty as they made their way to the laundry mat. With the LA weather not letting up on the heat, Jennie decided to wear denim shorts and a white cold-shoulder top.

"It's hot as heck..." She grumbled, putting her hair up in a ponytail.

Jennie grabbed a bag as the four of them went inside, and headed over to the vending machine with laundry detergent. Jennie thought it was cute that the three boys were 'oohing' and 'Ahing' at the machine after they brought their laundry detergent.

While V and Suga get to work on their laundry, Jennie does her laundry next to Jungkook. Opening her washer, she dug into the brown bag. "Whoa!" She said in a surprised tone, dropping a few balls of underwear, that were not hers.

Turning to see his balls of underwear on the ground, Jungkook widened his eyes and shouted, "Ah! I'm sorry! Th-that's my bag. Th-this is yours." He quickly gave Jen her bag and hastily picked up his underwear.

"Jungkook, it's fine. Relax." She let out a giggle. "It's no big deal."

Jungkook (Aish...I cannot believe we accidentally swapped bags and she saw my underwear. I'm so embarrassed.)

Jennie (...I can't believe I accidentally touched his drawers. Hahaha. We're all a mess, today, haha.)

'Finally got their right clothes, the two teens wash their personal belongings'

Turning to see Jungkook pour in a lot of laundry soap, she grabbed the box. "U-um don't you think that's too much!? A little goes a long way, Kookie!"

"You sure? I feel like it should be more."

"No, it's way more than enough! All them bubbles!" She pointed at his laundry after he turned it on, putting in the coins.

"Wait I forgot to unball my underwear! Ah...I messed up my laundry." He groaned, looking at his laundry with disappointment.

"Kookie, you're good, they'll unroll."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. You're fine."

After putting in their laundry, Suga and Jungkook go outside. Suga had a handful of quarters in his hands, showing it off for Jungkook to film with his camera.

"Let's grab some dolls. I want to catch a doll for Jennie." He suggested while Jungkook filmed him.

"Wonder if Suga hyung will be able to catch any dolls." Jungkook questioned as he put the coins into the machine.

"I'll try to catch a lion."

Suga danced to the cute tune of the game and ended up grabbing a tiger on the first try. "Suga hyung caught a doll! He caught a doll!" Jungkook exclaimed. "One shot, one kill!"

"Shall I catch another?" He suggested and went for another, grabbing it successfully.

"It can't be! He caught another!"

'Discovery of Suga's new talent.'

Grabbing one of the lions, Suga walked over to Jennie who was watching the TV. "Jennie, I got you something." He presented her the doll with a smile.

Gasping in surprise, she happily accepted it. "Wow! For me? Aw! Thank you! This is cute."

"Thanks for helping me with my dancing."

"Aw, you're welcome. Thanks, Suga. I love it." She stood to kiss him on the cheek.

While Jungkook and V play around with a ball that Jungkook won from one of the games, Jennie and Suga head over to the ice cream shop.

"I'll let you try to order this time," Jennie told him as he managed to order three separate ice creams and blueberry water ice for her. "Good job!"

"Though I can't speak English, I still think I can survive in America." He declared.

"I agree, you're doing well."

Grabbing her cherry water ice, she and Suga headed back to meet up with V and Jungkook who were still playing games, inside.

"Kids, hyung brought ice cream for you guys!" Suga announced.

"Wah, daebak." Jungkook turned around. While the three guys ate their ice cream cones, Jennie happily ate spoonfuls of her water ice. "Jennie, can I try some of that?"

"Mm hm. Go ahead." She scooped up a spoonful and fed it to him. "Do you like it?"

Smiling, he nodded. "It's really good!"

"I want some!" V shouted, bumping Jungkook out of the way.

"Hyung!" He shouted.

"I want to taste it, too." Suga walked up to her.

"One at a time! Jeesh." She laughed and fed the both of them a spoonful.

Agreeing with Jungkook, the cherry water ice was really tasty.

After the laundry was done, Jungkook realized that his balls of underwear had unrolled. "Wow, you were right!"

"Told ya! Jennie knows best." She patted him on the back and put her clothes in the dryer.

Hearing laughter, she turned her head to V and Suga. "Hahah! Jennie! Suga put the coins in the wrong dryer." V laughed.

"Suga you had one job." She chuckled softly and walked over to them with Jungkook.

"Don't you think Jungkook has changed a little?" V pointed out.

"He got a tan," Suga observed.

"I've put on weight! I've been eating a lot since we reached here so I got fat." Jungkook says on his camera. "I'll lose it later."

"Boy, where? Where's the fat?" Jennie looked around, trying to find what he was talking about, making him laugh.

After their laundry was dry, the four of them cheer. Carrying her bag of laundry, Jungkook approached her as he carried his own. "Jennie, I can carry that for you, if you want."

"You're such a gentleman, today. Thank you." She said with appreciation, handing him the bag. "Y'know, I feel like you want something. You're so nice, today."

Looking down, he stuttered, "N-no reason."

"Ha, I'm just teasing. I appreciate you carrying my bag for me. Your good deeds have not gone unnoticed."

Looking up at her, he smiled cockily. "Well of course, as expected by your awesome best friend."

"Yeah...don't push it." She deadpanned. Almost instantly, they both end up laughing.

Back at the dorm, Jennie watched Jin and J-Hope cook and heard Jin complain that his eyes were burning while cooking the onions. "Are the onions from overseas originally this strong?" He asked, trying to adjust his burning eyes.

"Yep, the onions over here will do that," Jennie replied. J-Hope called her and Rap Monster over to try out the cheese sticks that he made.

"Try it out!" He handed her a cheese stick. She took a big bite and so did Rap Monster. "It's not too bad, right?"

"Um...it's ight." She shrugged.

"It's nothing special." Rapmon bluntly replied and walked away, making J-Hope laugh out of embarrassment.

After Jin finished his cooking, he fed it to all the members. Grabbing another forkful, he blew on it and fed it to Jennie.

Rap Monster cringed. "What did you put in it?"

"Ham!" Jin replied, while Jimin and Jungkook ate the meal deliciously. Jin's statement makes Rap Monster and Suga walk away.

"Eh...it's okay. It's an interesting taste." She mentioned.

"You DARE insult my cooking!?" Jin playfully yelled at her.

"I'm sorry!"

"I was going to bake you cookies, but no more cookies for you."

"What the-JIN! Wow! I'll remember that when you want me to make my cupcakes!" She walked away to meet up with Suga and Rap Monster. "Hey, do you two want cupcakes?"

Jin widened his eyes. "C-cupcakes!? Your Valentine's Day cupcakes? Jennie! I'm sorry! Come back!"

The guys just laugh at his freak out. "Looks like more cupcakes for me~" Jimin grinned.

"NO. I'm getting my own batch!" Jungkook bragged.

"No, you're not! I am!"

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Later on, that day, the eight of them were walking around Long Island Beach, when a limo showed up to reveal Warren G.

"Hey! What's up, man?" He greeted.

"Holy..." Jennie murmured, feeling her stomach drop.

"Oh, my God!" J-Hope looked on.

"It's Warren G." Suga exclaimed.

'The starters of G-funk and hip hop legend, Warren G'

'Dr Dre's younger brother'

Jennie (THIS IS FRIGGIN AWESOME!)

Jin (I thought it was someone rich that was passing by and just greeting us.)

Suga (Someone that I've seen on the internet and getting to see him before my eyes.)

V (I was drooling)

Jimin (Was he really Warren G? A foreigner comes up to us and claims that he's Warren G, of course, I'd be a little suspicious.)

After getting into the limo, and greeting Warren G, they ride around LA.

"Hey, check this out. We're getting ready to go on a mission, we're gonna go around my neighborhood. Imma show y'all where I grew up at, where I came from. This is where a lot of it all started. Where, I'm gonna take you. Where the roots started. Me, Snoop, Nate Dogg." Warren G explained.

"I've known him as a legendary personality," Jimin added

"He is a legend." Rap Monster praised.

"A lot of people call me a legend. But I'm still a little bit young, maybe at 50, 60 years old, then I could say I'm a legend. But right now, I'm just doing what I do." Warren G mentioned.

"This is our first time meeting you so we'd like to greet you the Korean way," Rapmon said in English.

"Imma get my phone so that I can get this." Warren G took out his phone to record as they did their greeting. Once they arrived at VIP, he mentioned, "This is VIP. This is where a lot of things started, right here. A lot of good music, a lot of good people."

"Welcome to Long Beach." The cashier greeted them as soon as they walked inside.

Jennie looked around, in awe. "All these records...amazing."

Jennie (Man, my dad would love this.)

"You guys want a long beach hat?" Warren G asked

"Of course!" Jennie and Rap Monster happily accept his offer.

"Imma buy them a Long Beach hat. Y'all each get a Long Beach hat."

"Wow, he's buying us the hats." Rap Monster translated as the guys said whoa and freaked out.

Back in the limo, they continued to ride around as Rap Monster asked him some questions. "What songs did you record there?"

"We did a couple of demo songs. Before we were known. When I actually played it for Dr.Dre, which is my brother, he liked it so he invited us to the studio." Warren G answered.

"How did you, Snoop and Nate get together when you were young?"

"We went to elementary school together."

"They were friends in elementary school and they ended up becoming such legends?" Jimin exclaimed.

Warren G took them to 21st Lewis where they shot their album cover.

"Yo....that's insane..." Jennie shook her head in disbelief.

Jennie (I still can't really speak because I'm so overwhelmed with amazement.)

"I used to stay down here, so I'll take y'all this way." Warren G walks around with them. Pointing to the house, he says, "This is where I lived at. See that house, right there? Right there, that's where I grew up. This is where we started. Right here, we used to get picked up and taken to all the rich areas and we'd sell candy, candy out the grocery store and stuff like that."

'Giving details about his past and growing up, right where it happened.'

'It's not easy to talk about one's life through music! It's a real experience! BTS, I'm jealous!'

Walking to another area, Warren G pointed out that this was where they filmed Who Am I. "We shot that right in here. They put the wall up here, now. So, they blocked it off, all this used to be open. It was railroad tracks. We shot the video, right here. There was, one, two, three of us just standing here."

After their tour, they're dropped off. "We had a good time, today. You know, we had a lot of good fun. Check this out guys, I got a mission for you, guys."

"Please let it be easy." Suga murmured.

"I want you guys to write the lyrics to regulate. I want each one of you guys to tell your own life story. So, you do your own version to regulate. Good luck. Much love, baby!" He left.

Jennie (I can't wait to tell my dad that I met Warren G and got to get something from VIP.)

"He wants us to write our own lyrics to regulate." Rap Monster said

Jennie (I'm extremely nervous. I don't want to let Suga down. I feel bad, I'm nowhere near the rap line's level. What am I going to do?)

'In separate unit groups, challenge of writing regulate's lyrics'

Jennie and Suga walk around and decide to go to a local park. Luckily there were a lot of trees and they sat on the grass, under the shade.

"All right, let's get started." Suga took out his notebook. Jennie took out her phone and started listening to Warren G's Regulate, feeling more nervous about the beat of the song. "You all right? You look nervous."

"Sorry, I just don't want to let you down."

"What do you mean?"

"Well because of my lack of rapping skills."

Suga let out a chuckle. "I felt the same when we were dancing together, but look at how we soared. We'll be fine. What did you do in your old group in America?"

"Singing. I never rapped. My old friend, Angelina, she did that. Not me."

"Well now, we'll change that since you're in BTS."

"Easier said than done."

"Smartie, cut it out." He sighed as he grabbed onto her hand to squeeze it. "You're important to me. You're important to us all. Stop beating yourself up. You're going to be fine, so stop worrying. You're going to give me a headache." He placed a hand on top of her hand and then took out his headphones to pull up the song on his phone.

"Yoongi?"

"What?"

"Thank you." She nodded as a small smirk came across his lips.

"Let's get started."

They both begin to write down some lyrics. "How am I going to convert this into lyrics?" She turned her head to him.

"Continue writing it as an explanation about your life that you personally think of. I'll fix it around for you later."

"Okay, I'll do that."

After writing, Suga turned his attention to her and asked what she had come up with. Once she handed her the work, he nodded and worked his magic to put it into lyrics. Afterward, he put up the instrumental of Regulate and gave Jennie her lyrics back.

"Let me see how you rap." He gestured as she nodded and looked at her written lyrics.

15, scared and at the Big Hit audition

Just a little girl with a big ambition

"Make sure you increase your punctuation." He reminded her. She took his advice and tried again, and he nodded in approval. After rapping her verse five times, he gave her pointers every time and she kept his words of wisdom in mind as she tried again.

Suga (She learns quick. She's committed. She still has a long way to go, but she's getting the hang of it.)

"I was also going to research and listen to the female rappers I would listen to when I was younger. That should also help me." She told him.

Suga (Jennie doesn't give herself the credit she deserves. I'm confident that we'll win the challenge.)

After the practice, they decided to walk back to the dorm. "Great job, today. You're learning fast. You'll be fine for the challenge. Don't worry."

"Thanks. Um, I actually wanted to tell you something."

"Shoot."

"I just wanted to say that I really admire you. Your rapping is just friggin awesome. I would love to be on your level one day."

Letting out a chuckle, he stopped and turned her around to face her. "Jennie, if you're serious about rapping, I'll give you lessons."

Taken aback by his sudden offer, she widened her eyes, stuttering, "H-how'd you know!?"

"I overheard you saying it a bunch of times. I was just waiting for you to ask me. So, ask me, properly." He grinned.

"I know but we're busy making songs and we're going to be promoting again, soon."

"I'll make time for you. We'll make it work." He reassured her.

"Seriously?"

"Yeah. We can start once we go back to Korea. Just prepare that we're going at a slow pace. You won't rap like Lil Kim or any of the other female rappers you like, overnight."

"Thank you!" She wrapped her arms around him, hugging him, tightly. He sighed and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I would like to not get suffocated." He teased with a chuckle. "But before I teach you, I want you to ask me properly."

Releasing him, she beamed, "Suga, will you please give me rapping lessons, so that one day, maybe in a few years or so, I could rap with you and the rap line?"

Smiling, he nodded. "Yes. I'll teach you. Just know that I'm going to be blunt with you. I'm not going to go easy on you. And it's going to take a lot of time and dedication. I take this seriously. You know that."

"Understood."

Jennie (Woo hoo!)

Later, that day, back in the dorm, Jennie walked in, trying to find Suga. "Suga, I was thinking we could-" She stopped once she saw him asleep on the bed, that she sleeps in. "Ah, he's on my bed. I guess I'll just chill on the couch."

"...You talk too much. Get up here. I don't feel like moving. Let's take a nap, rejuvenate ourselves and we'll get back to work." He murmured.

"Oh, okay." She climbed up on her bed and got under the covers with him.

"Don't move so much...hurry up and get comfortable."

"Listen you! You are the one that's on MY bed. I can move if I want to."

"I won't hesitate to push you off."

"Rude, I swear..." she let out a laugh. Comfortable, rested on his chest.

"Your hair smells, good." She could feel the vibration of his chest, making her snort.

"Wow, is that the best pickup line, you can think of? I just moisturized my hair," she replied with amusement.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah...it smells nice."

"Take a nap, Suga."

"You're one to talk."

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The next day, the eight members head into Warren G's recording studio and greet him. "What's poppin?" Jimin greeted in English.

"What's poppin? So how are you guys feeling today?" Warren G asked.

"I'm nervous."

"It's all good. I gave you guys a challenge the other day to write your lyrics to regulate. I want to know what some of the challenges you guys face were in doing so."

"That we had no time?" Suga added

"I can understand that."

"My challenge is that it's regulate." Rap Monster mentioned. "It's like Warren G's life song, so there was some burden to us. Like this is regulate, it's like this song."

"Yeah, but once you tell your story over, it becomes you. That's real cool, man. Time for the good stuff. It's time to see what you guys came up with. And the first group that we're going to roll with is Jungkook and V."

Jennie nodded once she heard V rap.

"Living each and every day tiresomely, we're Peter Pans who grew. Even if time passes by like this, we won't become adults."

Jennie (Okay V...I see you...)

"All right, Suga and Miss Jennifer. Y'all ready?" Warren G asked as they head into the studio.

Jennie took out her phone to look at her lyrics.

Jennie (I'm freaking out...I hope I successfully rap my verse and things go smoothly. It's all or nothing. Let's do this thing.)

Putting the headphones on, she exhaled and started to listen to the beat.

Suga squeezed her hand. "You got this." He reassured and she nodded.

All nervousness aside, she got serious and began to rap in a strong voice, just like Suga advised her.

15, scared and at the Big Hit audition

Just a little girl with a big ambition

Flew to Seoul

And met my goal

I was a trainee for the shortest amount of time

Critics thought I wasn't ready and wasn't at my prime

I took a lot of Ls lemme add some wins

Day and night, 24 hours, every day

Our work is never done, this ain't child's play

Sleep deprived, but the future is always on my mind

No matter what they say, I'll always be on my grind

My curly hair is a mess

But I'm never stressed

And let me just address that I'm here to stay

You want me on my way

But not today!

I'm still the Bangtan Girl

So I'm sorry bae!

Suga smiled to himself as he listened to her. She did well, as he started his rap. Meanwhile with the guys, watching in surprise, Rap Monster widened his eyes at the roughness in her voice and the attitude she had at the end of her verse. What happened? She looked so serious.

Rap Monster (I...I'm astonished at how Suga turned her into a different person in just a day. ONE day. Wow. If she wants to learn how to rap and maybe be a part of the rap line, let her go for it. I'm looking forward to seeing how she does in a year.)

"The dream I had during my 10s that was definite at a young age. Because I fell for that, the door of my future was unclear." Suga continued to rap his verse.

"That's a wrap!" Warren G said as they walked out.

Jennie (Huge weight lifted off my shoulders. I feel good.)

"Uh, Rap Monster, you okay?" Jennie nervously chuckled because he kept staring at her.

"Suga, what did you do to her?" He exclaimed while Suga laughed.

"I did what I had to do so we can try to win this. Haha." Suga explained. "Because I really had no time, I was in the bathroom this morning." He tells a bit too much information about how he was writing his lyrics in the bathroom.

"You didn't need to tell everyone that." She laughed

"Yeah, you don't need to be so descriptive." Rap Monster sighed

"I was really quite tight on time."

'Suga who is explaining his restless situation due to worrying'

"It sounds like you guys are nailing it. It sounds good to me. I'm looking at the lyrics and seeing how you two delivered. For such a short time, that was nice." Warren G praised.

"Thank you so much." Jennie grinned and high fived Suga.

"I told you that you could do it." He revealed his gummy smile.

After the rest of them went and were praised by Warren G, he finally made his decision on who won the challenge. "It's time for me to pick the winner. Like I said, it's so hard because I like all of you, guys. Very talented. This is going to be my gift for all of you guys. But what I want to do is do a beat for you guys to do a song to. Whatever album y'all doing or whatever you guys are doing, I wanna do some music for you guys."

Jennie (NO WAY! Honored!)

"Oh, my god, thank you!" J-Hope said and clapped with everyone.

"But as far as this picking goes, I like all of y'all man. So, it's really hard for me to pick. But once again, I gotta go with Suga and Jennie."

"YAY!" Suga started jumping up and down, dancing around while Jennie fist pumped the air.

"WOO!"

'Team Fierce wins'

"I couldn't have done it without you, Suga. Thank you." She hugged him.

"Congratulations. And you know, like I said, it was good working with all of you guys." Warren G said and signed two of his Regulate albums for them.

Jennie (I didn't know we were going to get signed albums! I wanted to keep it for myself, but then I was thinking about my dad and I know how much he loves hip hop, way more to me, that's for sure. He loves everyone, Warren G, Snoop Dogg, and all the rappers. And I know it'll make his day if I give this to him. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I can't wait to see his face when I give him this.)

"Thank you, I'm giving it to my dad. He loves his hip hop, he's so passionate about it. And when I give him this, he's going to flip out. Thank you so much, Warren G. Can we take a picture together and send a video to my dad?" she asked.

"Yeah, of course."

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blackr23 · 1 year ago

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FELIX “Good things come to the extent you endure”

2023.11.23

By Shin Hye-ji , Kim Eun-hee

GQ: Wasn’t filming with the chameleon scary today?

FL I wasn’t scared. I have many memories of camping in Australia. While camping, there are times when kangaroos pass by and koalas are just sitting on trees. Actually, there aren't many chameleons in Australia, but that's actually nice. Because I didn't see much.

GQ That friend is from Yemen.

FL I patted him and he said he was doing well. She felt it was an honor to film with Chameleon. All animals are cute and precious.

GQ earlier recommended a trip to Coogee Beach in Australia. What memories does Felix have from this place?

FL I went there a lot when I was young. There, my family and other friends and family would always meet at a restaurant together, eat delicious food, stare at the sea, and then go swimming in the sea. I have a lot of memories like that. And what came to mind even more was when I went with the members. While on tour. The picturesque scenery of everyone eating delicious food and enjoying the breeze in the sea was so beautifully remembered in my memory, so I wanted to tell you about it. I would like to recommend it as a place

GQ In the past, in Eric Nam's <Daebak Show> content, do you remember what you answered when asked what song talked about childhood?

FL Imagine Dragons Imagine Dragons? Right? Actually, I don't remember how I answered then, but when I was young, I listened to a lot of music from a band called Imagine Dragons.

GQ That's right. I especially chose the song ‘Amsterdam’.

FL Oh, right. I was curious because the reason for

GQ wasn't mentioned. What is the connection between ‘Amsterdam’ and Felix’s childhood?

FL I was a high school student at the time. When I entered high school, the school I attended was a bit far away. About 1 hour and 20 minutes? I had to take a train and then a bus to get to school, but anyway, I looked up and listened to a lot of songs during that long time. Among them, I listened intently to this song called ‘Amsterdam’ while sitting on the train early in the morning and staring out the window. On the way to school and back, when the sun rises and when it sets. So I think I have accumulated a lot of memories. When I was a little hard, a little happy, or a little tired, I always listened to this song and had the mindset of 'let's cheer up' and 'let's have a good day and finish well today' thanks to this song.

Shall we listen to GQ ? It's quite bright and powerful.

FL I like the rhythm and the lyrics of the chorus.

GQ So. Did you say that the lyrics “Time Will Come” resonated with you?

FL That's right. “Your Time Will Come If You Wait For It”.

GQ What does it mean if you translate it in Phyllis terms?

FL Your Time Will Come If You Wait For It···, and at the end, the lyrics “It’s Hard, Believe Me I’ve Tried” appear, and the last sentence “It’s Hard, Believe Me I’ve Tried” means “It’s Hard, Believe Me I’ve Tried”. It’s an expression like “I know, because I’ve experienced it too,” and when I heard that expression, I sympathized with it. I'm not the only one having a hard time. I'm not the only one having a hard time. I am not the only one who is lonely. Rather, for example, my friends, my family, everyone is having a hard time, so I hoped that everyone wouldn't have a hard time. So, I think I have changed to a more positive mindset to better understand the difficulties of people around me and to listen better. Thanks to that song, I was able to endure the hardships a little longer, and I think that the more I endured, the more good things would come. So again to anyone. I feel like I'm finding balance.

GQ balance.

FL There Is Bad, There Is Good. There Is Evil, There Is Good. There Is Dark, There Is Light. Because there is this balance. I always think about that./

GQ There is a song by Mr. Felix that surprised me a bit while listening to it. ‘Deep End’.

FL Ah! is it so?

This is the first song that GQ Felix wrote independently and co-composed with composer Shim Eun-ji. Did you know that some people would shed tears when they heard this song?

FL No, I didn't know.

GQ Then, why did you tell fans that they shouldn't listen to this song too much and that it would make them sad?

FL I jokingly said that I might cry if I listen to it a lot, but I feel really sorry if I actually cried.

GQ Felix, how did you feel while making that song?

FL It's not that I get depressed when I think about those times, it's just that I remember those depressing times well, so I expressed them through lyrics and songs. I've become a little more mature than then, so thinking about the hurt I felt back then doesn't mean much anymore. Because it doesn't affect me anymore. First of all, I wanted to make a song that many people could relate to.

How did you come to create GQ ?

The FL members worked very hard on writing and composing lyrics, and as I participated and gained experience little by little, I thought, 'Why not try making my own song?' I wanted to. I wanted it to feel comfortable and natural when I listened to it, so I didn't force the song and made it slowly in my own time. Even so, I think I made it faster than expected.

GQ How much?

FL a week.

GQ I just made it.

FL I wrote the lyrics in two or three days, but it took a week to write the entire song.

GQ I think anyone can relate to it because it is literally honest, but I don't wonder if this is a true story or fiction. What do you think about when you write these lyrics? I was curious about that. How did they write these lyrics?

FL When I was young, in Australia, the emotional 'F' was very emotional and emotional. Although it's still an 'F'. (Laughs) So, I had the feeling that when I was hurt, I would be deeply hurt. And there are things that happen when you were friends when you were young, but then you stop being friends because you fight, or you grow apart when you go to different schools, or you can't meet your friends anymore because you're busy. There's a movie I used as a reference, and its name is... Wait a minute, I'll look it up. It’s <Bridge To Terabithia>.

GQ It was released in Korea in 2007 under the name <Secret Forest of Terabithia>.

FL The main character meets a new friend and they become perfect friends, but the friend passes away. It's sad content. I also like dramas, but I watch more movies because I want to see the ending (rather than dramas with many episodes).

GQ Of the 25 songs on the album that include 'Deep End', this song is the only one where the lyrics come before the melody. Tuk. What should I say about this? Should I say I felt ambitious?

FL Oh, really? (Laughs) I have spirit!

GQ: Was it Felix’s idea?

FL That's right. I started off as if I was talking without music. Of course, there would be a melody in the speaking tone, but I just wanted to do it as if I was really talking to the other person. Overall, I thought expressing it on the piano suited this song well, so I asked Eunji Shim (composer) to play it on the piano. The title is ‘Deep End’. I've done a lot of exciting songs so far, so I wanted to go for something completely different this time. I wanted to express even the bottom of the sea. While swimming in the sea, I went too far and there was no one there. But when you look in the water, there is nothing in the water. The more you look at it, the deeper it gets, the darker it becomes. I wanted to express that my heart is falling as much as 'Deep End'.

GQ Which sentence did you write first?

FL How've You Been? I Guess You're Fine.

GQ The first lyrics started the song.

FL Yes, like you would say to a friend. Whether everyone had a good time or had a bad time and broke up, when they meet again they say, “Hey, How’ve You Been?” They asked me how I was doing. "hi? how have you been doing?" do. So.

GQ How Have You Been? I'm doing great?

FL Sure. thank you Everyone has their own happiness. For example, some people become happy when they eat something sweet, others become happy when they eat something salty, and everyone has different tastes, so I hope everyone can find their own happiness. I hope you can slowly find what you want to do. If you found it, I want to congratulate you and say that I hope you heal well.

GQ I can’t help but ask. What happiness does Mr. Felix want to find?

FL I've already found that kind of happiness because Stay watches over me hard and gives me so much love, so I'm happy when I'm with the members and Stay, but I wonder, 'How can I be happy when I'm alone?' I think this is what I think. So I am also looking. try hard.

#felix #lee yongbok #stray kids #gq korea

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carousel-of-souls · 2 years ago

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Gotham New Orleans Backstory: Philip Reardon/Ten Eyed Man

Warnings: suicide attempt, attempted self harm, ableism, body horror

Philip is Korean (mother’s side) and Black (father’s side). His Korean name is Daebak. His parents traveled to Korea specifically for him to be born there but they lived in Metropolis and he mainly grew up there.

He was born with retinitis pigmentosa which causes degenerating vision over time. His vision has always been bad and he expected to be legally blind by his 30s with the way things were going. His parents Sohee (or Sophie) and Richard were very concerned about it.

Him being their only child, he was doted on a lot, he didn’t let it go to his head. He had a happy childhood and grew up pretty well off because his father is a successful business man/comes from money. Due to that the family was able to travel to Korea at least twice a year to visit the rest of Sohee’s family. They usually went and stayed the whole summer as well as December, since that was Philip’s birthday month.

He made peace with his worsening vision and purposefully tried to build his life around things he wouldn’t miss when his vision was gone, mainly music.

He can play piano very well. He can also play violin, cello, guitar, gayageum, haegeum, and the harp.

He was around twelve when he figured out he was gay, that’s when he considered his happy childhood to be pretty much over, he was plagued with constant anxiety about his identity around people he used to feel relaxed near.

The catalyst for how he realized he was gay happened at the beach. He was swimming and got his feet caught in an old net, not dangerously so but it was annoying. A man saw him struggling and came over to help, it happened to be Aquaman. Philip thought he was just flustered at needing help from a famous superhero for something so small, but later it was clear that having a muscly beautiful god-like guy that was gently helping him untangle himself was the cause for his heart racing in that moment.

He had a good four years where he was obsessed with Aquaman. There may be some self insert fanfic and drawings hidden in one of his teenagehood journals.

He’d never heard his family really talk about opinions on queerness, but he had many nightmares about them cutting him off. He knew he wouldn’t be able to live with the last memories he had of his family being ones of disapproval. When he got older, family members talking about him getting married and having a family was a sign to him that they wouldn’t accept him being gay.

He decided to cut himself off, to get the inevitable over with. One day he just moved from Metropolis to Gotham, stopped calling. It hurt tremendously but he didn’t feel afraid anymore, or like he was waiting to be crushed by something.

He became a highschool band/music teacher. He really liked working with kids and he hosted a lot of staff holiday parties, he still has some silly videos from those. He did the music for the school plays and hung out at rehearsals because he enjoyed it.

Philip is a hopeless romantic but he had a lot of trouble getting dates, things never seemed to work out. He never figured out it was because he sabotages himself. He gets anxious about being left, starts seeing signs it's going to happen, and then ghosts the guy.

He taught through his late thirties and early forties. His vision was getting worse and worse, but he was managing. His students were very understanding. However the school board used his blindness as a reason to fire him. Coincidentally he had taken issue with a co worker being unfairly fired and then the school board very suddenly had to fire him “for his own safety” as him being legally blind was a “liability” around rowdy high schoolers.

The doctor he’d been seeing for most of his life was still in Metropolis, he had to go there for appointments. He was walking down the street after one and was internally ranting and fuming about how he’d been fired. He was wishing things were different and suddenly time stopped. At this point Philip could only see light and shadows but all the noise on the busy street stopped and the people in front of him didn’t react when his cane hit their legs. An entity that he couldn’t see offered to grant him a wish.

Philip honestly thought he’d somehow gotten hit by a car or drugged while in Gotham. He didn’t expect anything to happen so he spitefully wished that he had better vision than all the people on the school board that fired him.

The next day he woke up and then the ten new eyes on his fingers woke up.

He has literal eyeballs in his fingertips. They have eyelids. He finds the eyelashes gross so he picks them out a lot. He discovered the eyeballs cannot feel pain, or at least he can’t feel any pain they feel, when he tried to stab them out or burn them. He has a theory that whatever he talked to stole them from other beings all over the multiverse. Some of them see colours, and things, that humans cannot and should not be able to see. It was overwhelming. The eyes aren’t his and he can’t control where they look or what they see, only when they’re open. They don’t have brains but they’re conscious and can act by themselves. It would be like suddenly having ten brainless creatures like jellyfish hooked into your nervous system.

They can get irritated (as in get things stuck in them, dust, pepper spray, spice, not the emotion of irritation) and cry, Philip just doesn’t feel the pain part of it.

He once tried boiling his whole hand and nothing happened. He tried getting them out with spoons and a melon baller, that didn't work either. After a month he got desperate and tried to saw his arm off at the shoulder which also didn’t work. He kept them closed all the time but he still felt their consciousnesses, it was driving him mad. He decided to try and blow himself up in Gotham’s firework factory.

It didn’t work and it got him landed in Arkham. Hugo expiremented on him until Philip escaped into the vent system and has been living in there unbeknownst to anyone for about three years, only his eyes to keep him company, he has given them voices and personas now.

Additional Details:

The entity that “granted his wish” was Mr. Mxyzptlk who had just finished messing with Clark and heard Philip’s thoughts, thought they were interesting, and decided to fuck with him.

Philip has particular dislike for the purple eye in his right middle finger.

He has undiagnosed anxiety issues, which is how he got worked up enough to cut his whole family off even though he didn’t want to.

He is a great dancer. He’s especially fond of tango.

He’s still a little depressed that he didn’t marry Aquaman.

#gotham new orleans #au info #Philip reardon #ten eyed man

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justnailli · 3 years ago

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i-land ep. 2

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[eunji] no way. do we really have to vote four participants out of i-land? that's... cruel.

eunji whined when they were informed about the voting of 4 i-landers to go to the ground.

[sunoo] it's really cruel. i know.

—

[seon] daebak!

seon, geonu and eunji went straight at the pantry area and got amused by it. eunji's eyes were twinkling while looking the amount of the foods inside. she was too focused on looking at the foods that she can't even hear the boys' cheers and claps.

[the pantry filled with lots of different foods.]

[sunghoon] what is this, heaven?

[youngbin] it's like a grocery store.

[daniel] what's this? i can't believe it!

[eunji] can we already get some food?

some of them wanted to look the gym so even though eunji doesn't like it, she still went there to see what it looks like.

[nicholas] this is heaven, bro!

eunji just scratched her head as she feels exhausted by just looking at the gym. it looks amazing but she really doesn't like the thought of working out.

when they talked about what strategy they will do on voting, they are all focused and serious.

[eunji] we still doesn't know each other that well so i think it's the best way to vote base on our today's performance.

[seon] yes, that's right.

the participants were asked if which i-landers fit their standard and they want to be on a same team, a lot of them answered heeseung and eunji.

([sunoo] eunji noona? i was really impressed by her performance earlier and it made me want to be on a same team with her.

[youngbin] eunji. she's full of talents and shine than the others.)

[seon] i wish this group could last forever.

seon approaches to everyone in a friendly manner that made eunji look cautiously to him. she feels something strange with seon's behavior.

—

eunji immediately walk towards to sunoo to hug and comfort him as he was one of the four voted dropouts. he hugged her back and smiled widely even it's fake.

[eunji] you have to come back, okay? i know you can.

sunoo nodded and bid farewell to them. they waved at the four dropouts as they slowly gone to the ground.

—

[seon] there are four rooms. so decide on members each.

[13 i-landers are deciding who to be roommates.]

in blue room, they decided to be geonu, nicholas, jungwon. purple room: seon, heeseung and sunghoon. green room: k, youngbin and jake. yellow room: jay, eunji, ni-ki and daniel.

eunji was seen running alone in the living room and suddenly tripped when got scared at the glass floor. she just stood up and acted like nothing happened.

—

[jake] what part do you want to get eunji?

[eunji] well as long as i'm not hard to notice. maybe part two to six? how about you?

[jake] we just have the same thoughts.

they all took seriously the discussion about distributing the parts of the song. in the end, they decided to learn the choreography first before the deciding their parts.

—

[heeseung] then does anybody want to recommend someone?

sunghoon, eunji and youngbin raised their hands to recommend someone for part 1. sunghoon pointed at heeseung.

[sunghoon] it's you, heeseung hyung.

[eunji] oh, i also recommend heeseung oppa.

heeseung asked the both of them if what's their reason on recommending him and sunghoon answered that heeseung can sing and dance perfectly.

[eunji] don't compliment him too much, he's not that good at hiding his feelings.

heeseung got the part 1 by recommendations of many i-landers. later, they started asking on who wants to apply for part two. eunji collected all her confidence and raised her hand together with geonu and jay.

[vocal check]

after jay, eunji and geonu sang the part two, it's time for the i-landers to choose one of the three on who'll get the chosen part. they all voted for eunji to take the part two.

when sunghoon successfully got the part 8, he clapped his hands and even his feet out of joy that made eunji smacked his leg playfully.

[jay] whatever. i'll do whatever is left! i'm done.

they were all surprised after jay said that, even eunji and sunghoon whose goofing around awhile ago paused too. she understand what jay's feeling so she can't avoid but to feel bad for him.

[heeseung] congratulations, jay.

jay got the part 8 as he tried and tried again for the parts. eunji got amazed by jay's persistence and courage.

—

i-landers were gathered in one place to talk about the others' problem with heeseung. they were all just waiting for someone to speak up. eventually, youngbin shared his thoughts. while eunji was all quiet that time, just observing the situation.

[heeseung] i personally think it'd be the best if i'm not the center.

they all looked at heeseung after his confession. eunji really thought that it wasn't his fault all along, it's just that they lack on teamwork. after ni-ki got the part 1, eunji kept on looking at heeseung. she was really worried about him.

—

eunji followed heeseung even though he said that he wants to be alone. she found him in deep thoughts so heeseung didn't noticed her. she sat beside him and that's when he already see her.

[eunji] heeseung oppa.

[heeseung] it's already late. you should asleep by this time.

[eunji] after what happened today, i think i can barely sleep. i'll just stay here with you.

[eunji visibly cares for her friend, heeseung.]

—

the signal song test finally ended and they were all anxious as they wait for the results.

[rain] let's talk about eunji. overall, she did great.

[zico] yes, she clearly understood the meaning of the song.

[son seung deuk] the way she dance is very clean, she surely draw a lot viewers' attention.

([eunji] i was really shocked when our team's score revealed, it was 59. it means that half of us will go to the ground. i'm worried that i'll be one of them.)

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hiii so yangyang and ten went on the daebak show podcast and they did this gen z slang quiz, and one of the questions was what 'main character energy' meant. yangyang then said, "oh i use this word, but without main character. i use other words" and ten was like, "what words?" and yangyang was like, "i can't say now". and ten was like, "okay, i think i know what words." then they all laughed.

and i didn't know what they meant, but then someone on tumblr gifed the moment and pointed out he probably meant big dick energy lmaooo what a yangyang thing, it all tracks. im so obsessed with him in the sense that hes so interesting to me (i mean hes also cute to me, ignore that). maybe it's cause hes pretty unpredictable compared to the other wayv members (to me at least)

Hii! I'm going to watch it soon cause I also need to watch their interview with Eric. And like anything Yangyang does or says does not surprise me at all like he really is such a little dude. He would say that. Him finding out he is allowed to say tiddies is probably the worst thing that could happen. Like he has the same energy as say like Magcon boys, O2L and the hype house like that frat boy energy but it's a tad bit more insufferable cause he's a content creator. Like he probably watched David Dobrik vlogs. Look at him be him and watch a David Dobrik vlog. He totally watched him. Hes just some guy you'd see in the mall and walk really fast by him. I notice kpop fans forget male idols are men. It's not even in the behavior way its when they shave and I'm like why are you surprised 20 - 30 year old men shave. They're just men. And Yangyang should be the biggest reminder that these are just men.

In the words of a today's most important scholar, Chrissy Chlapecka "He is literally just a guy, hit him with your car, steal his credit card information" everyone remember that when you forget male idols are men. Yangyang especially. Never forget. Trust me I don't forget Hyunjin makes out with his dog and has a foot fetish and literally panned the camera to him gripping himself while on a skateboard like. He's just a man I still love him but I never forget he's just some guy in his 20s.

Random but apparently people were doing coke at NCT concerts then I found out it happened at a txt concert and kcon too. I love that fans are holding up American concert culture even with kpop. Smoking weed, doing coke, throwing bras and underwear and flashing bands are a part of our concert culture love that it's still being upheld. Concert goers of the 70s would be proud.

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lokisasylum · 3 years ago

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At this point no one can tell me that everything that’s been happening around Jimin’s OST isn’t anything BUT sabotage.

💀- The way it was promoted (by the kdrama agency, not even Hybe) as a solo, but then 4 days BEFORE its release we learned that it was a collab/duet with his bff.

💀- The “fandom” spreading misinformation that the OST was fake.

💀- We didn’t get the title till the DAY BEFORE its release.

💀- The huge disadvantage in release time compared to others’ ost (11 pm release on a Sunday, 10 hour tracking period, 4.5 days bb tracking. ).

💀- Jimin’s spotify profile/page not being updated nor Verified or searchable in the first 48 hours. Didn’t even had a proper profile picture to the point that the OSt’s cover was used as pfp.

💀- When it FINALLY gets verified, 5 hours later it doesn’t appear to be again...

💀- “With You” hasn’t been added to playlists like “This is BTS” and other BTS related playlists (like the other member’s osts) which means 0 playlisting.

💀- The song wasn’t published as Kpop & Soundtrack (again, unlike the others), so it only appears in the Soundtrack Chart despite it holding the #01 Spot. Which means that if this isn’t fixed it might not be be added to playlists such as "k-pop rising", "k-pop daebak" and "new music k-pop" on spotify.

Again, 0 playlisting.

💀- HOURS after the ost was released suddenly there’s media articles about the issue with his apartment which happened ...4 months ago? The issue had by now been resolved, Hybe took the blame because it was THEIR FAULT for their shitty management of personal information (all while giving 3 different versions of the events).

💀- Sungwoon had been SO EXCITED to tell everyone about how the collab between he and Jimin came to be and during the first 24 hours constantly expressed his gratitude to his fans and armys for the support they’ve shown towards the song.

But soon after that he went QUIET and hasn’t appeared and neither has Jimin. No posts, no Vlives nada.

💀- Hybe out of the blue promoting S*ga’s collab with P/SY, that will come out this Friday at 6pm kst?? Videos and all from BOTH parts on how this came to be?

When all we knew from Jimin’s ost out of his own mouth was during that VHopeMin vlive ONLY BECAUSE the chat was filled with armys spamming it wanting to know about the ost and Hobi had no choice but to ask him..

And no, don’t gimme that bullshit that “jimin is a quiet guy” speech. This OST wasn’t some personal project like Christmas Love or Promise that ended up on Soundcloud (for FREE), this was an official OST for a huge kdrama filled with A-List Actors.

💀- DAYS ago Billboard posted an article about the bts performance at the granny awards using ONLY Jimin and JK’s picture. But now that “With You” dropped and has broken TONS of records (including Dynamite’s), they wrote NOTHING on it and instead wrote... about the apartment issue?

No because the whole article is a mess and made no sense like first they vaguely talked “about what happened” with a bunch of “maybes” (instead of facts) and then for some r*tarded reason they jumped to talking about the jikook vlive where they made the kimbaps and talked about it as if it happened a few days ago??????

💀- Oh but they had NO problem whatsoever making a whole article about “Producer S*ga’s upcoming collaboration with spy” on the SAME DAY (or when the others’ osts dropped and had their own achievements).

No, this is no longer a “human error”. It’s premeditated sabotage.

You don’t buy a shotg*n and 15 rounds of ammo as “precaution” only to go to school or workplace and sh00t your classmates/colleagues and then call it “self-defense” because they bullied you that day.

Lets stop sugar-coating bullshit and call it for what it is.

[P.S. Company Stans don’t need to engage, we know you worship Bighit/Hybe and think everything they do is all rainbows and butterflies no matter how many receipts you’re shown. And there’s no worse blind than the one who does not want to see ]

#jimin #park jimin #bts #bantansonyeondan #with you #Jimin spotify #baby mochi #jiminie #PJM #pjms #bangtan boys #JIMIN OST #OurBluesJiminOST

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barbenheimer-core · 4 years ago

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AUDERE EST FACERE !

하나. chanel : part one — 1.3k words

Ahyeong stared at the green wormhole outside the restaurant window that looked like it had ripped through the walls of reality itself, tuning out the low hum of the piano and the incessant chatterings of her parents discussing stock prices with the company investors over glasses of fine wine and impeccable dining.

She blinked.

It was gone.

Maybe she shouldn't have pulled an all-nighter binging True Beauty on webtoon as a reward for finishing the end-of-term exams. Lack of sleep was leading her to have vivid hallucinations.

She set her sights on her waiting dish of panna cotta instead, picking up the gold dessert spoon and scooping up an acceptable amount of the cold dish before putting it in her mouth.

"Noona," her brother, Gilyeong nudged her side, briefly scrolling his phone's screen before turning it at her direction under the table, away from the eyes of the adults.

Ahyeong, slightly confused, looked down at his phone screen, only to snap her neck as fast she could the other way.

Aish, that kid, the girl cursed under her breath, always up to ruining her mind.

Gilyeong lowly chuckled at his sister's agitated state and continued reading his horror manhwa on a mobile-reading app.

She couldn't exactly remember when, but it had become a tradition of sorts among the siblings to share the most gruesome stills of creepy images they could find to incite a satisfactory — and sometimes, rather laughable — reaction from the other.

They had a whole rating system where the degree of their flinches would determine the amount of money they had to pay to each other. Though she had to add, Ahyeong was winning in that department.

While Gilyeong found such material more often than not as he was an avid reader of any and every horror comic he could get his hands on, Ahyeong was more partial to the films and movies, only occasionally dipping her toes into physical pages.

Although she found clips and images at a slower pace than he did due to mountains of schoolwork, her contributions were usually the most disturbing (and mentally scarring) of all the others, which three times out of ten resulted in Gilyeong damaging his voice box by the magnitude of his screams.

(The neighbor had to check in once because he had thought it was Ahyeong screaming bloody murder.)

It wasn't like Gilyeong held back either. Despite being twelve, the guy had a lot of nerve in him reading all sorts of body horror. She supposed it was their mum's fault for leaving him unsupervised in the comics section at the library and Ahyeong's own for not stopping the seven-year-old from tainting his eyes. He had looked genuinely fascinated with the grotesque drawings and she had thought that it would have been nice to have someone to discuss her interests with. Her friends were hesitant to delve into "nightmare fodder" as they had called it.

She sighed, blinking away the drowsiness in her eyes as she tried to focus on eating her dessert. She couldn't wait to go back to reading True Beauty.

The restaurant lobby was as extravagant as it could've been, with rich, dark colors and gold-silver accents on every corner.

Her parents were outside, seeing the investors off while Ahyeong and Gilyeong waited for them to pick her up.

It had been over twenty minutes and they still hadn't returned. She could've rested a bit. Ahyeong tapped her foot impatiently, wincing at the sting in her foot. Standing in her stilettos for so long was doing her no good other than causing pain to her toes.

"Yah, dongsaeng, I'm gonna take a power nap, wake me up when mum and dad arrive."

She got no sign of confirmation other than a slight glance her way, and with that, she finally sunk into the couch and removed her heels.

The couch felt like a cloud, and Ahyeong couldn't help the heavy feeling behind her eyelids as exhaustion finally took over her consciousness and her eyes slowly fluttered shut, unbeknownst to the green hole in reality that formed in front of her as soon as she did.

Turn.

Someone was reading a book. That was what she first thought as her sleepiness faded, waking up from her nap but still keeping her eyes closed.

Maybe her brother had sneaked a copy of a comic under their parents' noses and was reading it while they were away.

Why didn't he wake her up yet? They still hadn't returned?

She was feeling more refreshed than ever and that was only possible with a full eight hours of sleep. Had a power nap finally lived up to its name?

It also smelled different. Compared to the faint scent of lavender and roses that glided through the air in the restaurant lobby, the only thing Ahyeong could register now was the steaming smell of convenience store ramen as if it was right in front of her and a rather strange note of musk from someone sitting across from her.

She furrowed her brows.

Gilyeong never put on cologne or perfume, who was it?

Snapping her eyes open, Ahyeong stilled, looking at the Gucci-clad person reading a manhwa in front of her.

She blinked.

Huh? Lee Dongmin?

Looking down at herself, she noticed her obvious change in attire, wearing Chanel trainers instead of stilettos and wide-legged pants and a cream turtleneck in place of her grey chiffon dress.

Where was she?

Awareness flooded her system, and her eyes zoomed over her surroundings to see a place she never thought she would.

Prince Comics.

The haven of horror enthusiasts.

Ahyeong contemplated. So was she in a drama? True Beauty, no less.

. . . wow, she really had been sleep-deprived, hadn't she? So much so that her obsession with True Beauty ended up with her having this extremely realistic fantasy.

Smiling faintly, she got up, alerting Cha Eu— no, Lee Suho, who went back to reading when she went to browse the collections available in the store.

So, a character from the main cast and an almost endless collection of her favorite pastime hobby?

She never thought she'd thank sleep deprivation for giving her such a wonderful lucid dream.

Suho glanced over his book to look at the girl peering at the various volumes of Uzumaki on the Junji Ito shelves.

Judging by her appearance, which screamed wealthy, she was most definitely not from around here.

He didn't recall seeing her around school or the neighborhood either.

Strange, he thought as she pulled out a copy of Shiver and sifted through it, face completely straight and not flinching in the slightest, rather, an amused smile played on her lips.

"Oh? Ahyeong! Is that you?"

His mental analysis of the new girl broke when the bookstore owner entered the lounge with a face of vague recognition, and Suho hastily returned his eyes back to reading his comic as the girl — Ahyeong, as the owner had called her, turned around with equal startlement.

TURN.

What the-?

"Wangja-ssi, it's been a while," Ahyeong smiled at the shop owner, slipping the book back into the shelf.

"Wah, you've gotten even more pretty from the last time I saw you!" Wangja exclaimed, face alight with elation at the sight of one of his favorite customers back at his shop.

She'd never seen him aside from behind a screen, what'd he mean?

Ahyeong looked abashed at the sudden compliment why was she doing that? and smiled awkwardly.

"Well, I'm here now. Our family moved to Gangnam a few days ago." She had been living in Gangnam since she'd been born, what was she saying? Why couldn't she control her actions?

"Daebak, what about your schooling? It's the middle of the year, have you found a place?"

"Oh, yeah, about that," Ahyeong grinned. She looked at Suho, who was gulping down red ginseng and not paying attention to their conversation at all, trying to signal him of the weird situation of paralysis that she was in. Was this what usually happened in a lucid dream? Her gaze locked onto Wangja's.

"I'm transferring to Saebom."

HUH!?

Suho choked on his drink.

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#true beauty #cha eunwoo #hwang inyeop #moon gayoung #lee suho #han seojun #im jugyeong #kang sujin #extraordinary you #lee suho x reader #lee suho x oc #korean drama #kdrama fanfic #kdrama imagine #kdrama scenarios #webtoon

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I LOVED daebak show w eric nam especially cuz I've been waiting so long for an environment where we could see Felix more relaxed and be in his natural element and just speak english for more than two words lmao. I loved the bit where Chan said I'm glad I woke up today cuz I didnt think I could in a lighter sense and Felix took that and went all deep 😭 (What lix said actually touched me quite a bit so I'm all mushy now) Happy to see you enjoyed the ep as well ✨

I think it was their best and most revealing interview, not so much for what they said but for what they also didn't/couldn't say. Felix is a warm open person who seems so completely comfortable with himself. He's hilarious and adorable.

Chan...is a contradiction. He's a mystery wrapped in an enigma. He reminds me of a lot of artists and writers who are serious about their work: they pour everything into their music but can't answer a straight question. He can say a lot of words but at the end I'm like, "Okay but what do you mean?" I still think he is dark and guarded in a lot of ways. He said he's not scary and closed-off anymore but I still think he keeps a lot of things to himself, out of habit. If you want to know about him, you listen to his music. He can Vlive for hours and hours but I still don't really know who he is as a person.

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mystarmyangel · 3 years ago

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[TRANS-THEQOO] 220910 [Big Mouth] Lim YoonA’s (Go Miho) acting that was well received in today’s episode.twt

At time of posting 11 Sep 1pm KST: 57.5K views, 314 comments (Will translate more interesting and non-repetitive comments)

1. With a gorgeous face and makeup, its paradise2. She really nailed it with her acting performance today 3. I got goosebumps watching itㅠㅠ 4. No, but really, YoonA’s acting has really improved in this drama. It is her best acting performance of all that I have seen. 5. You did well ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 6. Wow really Miho ya, I know it’s not real, but my tears still flow downㅜ 8. Your acting is good and your visual is good too, I am surprised 11. YoonA’s acting is really amazingㅠ 12. Her acting in ‘Big Mouth’ has always been good. But today’s episode acting is exceptional. She did so well in the hospital scene as well 13. This scene and the last scene where her gum and nose bleed ㅠㅜㅜㅜㅜ Her acting is awesome ㅜㅜㅜㅜ 18. Wow YoonA, how did you improve so much... I’m crying f*ck 19. Her acting is really amazing today, the way she held onto the mayor Choi and cried crazily, and then how she seem to have lost her soul at the end ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 22. Miyo yaㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 24. Wow she is really good, daebak 26. I can’t forget her expression at the ending scene 27. Today acting is really insane. Miho ya ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 34. I am fully immersed in it, save Miho ㅠㅠㅠ 36. To be honest, I was really surprised at how good she is ㅠㅠㅠㅠ the ending is crazy too 39. Today is indeed legendary ㅜㅜ 41. You did so well that I got emotional together with you. 39. Indeed legendary 44. (Insert the ending scene where Miho was bleeding) Can you add this scene in as well?? Her acting is so good here too. ㅜㅠㅠㅠSo frustrated 45. Its Miho and Minyoung ah... Lim YoonA, your acting is so good that it makes me cry ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 46. Ha ‘Big Mouth’, I am behind on episodes, I need to hurry and catch up ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 47. I am amazed by your facial expression at the end 49. This scene and the ending scene, her acting is soaring 63. Wow.... 65. Miho ya ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ You shouldn’t die do you understand ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜI’m begging you, please don’t kill Miho ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ 67. I was feeling uncomfortable that she went into the contaminated cave without any protective gear, and indeed she is bleeding.. ㅠㅠDon’t kill her ㅠㅠ 68. Her acting today is really crazy ㅠㅠ She wasn’t bad before either but its just that she got even better this time.... 75. (Replied to 44th comment) Although I do not know the context here, but her acting is really good here, I can really feel the frustration 76. (Replied to 44th comment) This scene is daebak too ㅠㅠ 79. She is so pretty and good at acting, she is blooming again with ‘Big Mouth’ 83. The scene where she fainted and woke up and confirming that Changho is still alive is really good too 86. Even rewatching it again bring tears to my eyes ㅜㅜㅜI really think this is her life drama 88. F*ck f*ck Miho ya @!##!@!#!@

103. This scene was really suffocating... It’s crazy 115. She is pretty and she is so good at acting... It is my first time seeing the actor playing Mayor Choi. But he is also really good 116. I knew that he didn’t die, but you still make me cry. Really good job.. ㅠㅠ 120. From this scene to the ending, she really ripped it.. 125. Even though I didn’t watch the drama, but I am immersed in it and tearing up as well ㅠYoonA is really good at acting. 126. Don’t die Miho... 127. Miho is so good with the desperation actingㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 132. So pretty, danced so well, acting is so good too, how.... shivering 135. You did a great job.. My dad and I cried ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 136. YoonA’s acting really improved a lot, it seems her emotions are richer now 137. Wow YoonA is good at every genre 138. You are really good. Your face is already persuasive, but you are also good at actingㅋㅋ 143. You are really goodㅠㅠ I know that Changho isn’t dead but I still criedㅠㅠThe last ending scene was really good tooㅠㅠ It’s purely expressing emotions without any lines.. 146. Miho who cries out of anger and Choi Doha who was laughing out loud, its an acting party... I am going to kill Choi Doha. 152. You did well, I watched ‘Confidential Assignment 2’ and it feels like a completely different person ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 157. You are really good... Initially I thought you are just doing okay but after watching ‘Confidential Assignment 2’ and ‘Big Mouth’, I feel like you are doing really well. It is really a plus point how your atmosphere changed completely according to different roles. 158. After watching ‘Confidential Assignment 2’ today, it feels like I am seeing a different person watching this. 159. YoonA is really at everything. ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠAfter watching ‘Confidential Assignment 2, I can feel that you really get better at acting 165. Wow, you are really good at acting. I am also enjoying the ‘Tears’ acting (?) performance by YoonA in ‘Amazing Saturday’ ㅋㅋㅋ 167. Good job YoonA. I can’t imagine Miho that is played by anyone other than YoonA 178. It didn’t even feel like it is acting, it feels like she came out really crying. I will binge watch the drama when it ends 189. Miho you are so good at acting, please don’t get sick ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

192. I don’t know the story, but I am crying.. You are so good at acting ㅜㅜ 193. You are really good. Your face is already persuasive, but you are also good at actingㅋㅋ 195. Write please save Miho ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ what should I do with Miho ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 197. Save Miho ㅠㅠChangho and Miho should live happily for a long time ㅠㅠ 198. My mum watched YoonA for the first time since Saebyuk (You Are My Destiny) and she said she is so good at acting now ㅋㅋㅋgood job201. I watched ‘Big Mouth’ ep 1 today, and it is fun right from the startㅋㅋㅋ YoonA’s acting is so good 203. There is a prejudice against idol turned actors. But the ones who break it is Lee Junho and Lim YoonA. I have always said she has exceeded my expectation for ‘Big Mouth’, but I am really surprised today because she did so well. 211. Oh, you are good, but I have never thought YoonA’s acting was bad before either. But it seems like she is on another level now. I felt it from ‘Confidential Assignment’ 216. I am not a fan, but YoonA is good at acting. If you watch her drama, her acting isn’t that different from other actors. 217. Because she has very good dictation, so I have always thought she is good 222. YoonA has been good since Saebyuk. Her low tone and acting tone are so good tooㅋㅋ 223. She did a good job it is the very essence of Go Miho ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I have been liking her since 따따따 (EXIT). On the other hand, Choi Doha’s subtle smile is crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 224. YoonA ya ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ No, I mean Miho yaㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 228. In the past, I have always felt like YoonA’s natural idol like image is too strong, so it feels awkward when she is acting. But this time really.... I have completely forgotten all those and immersed fully into it 229. YoonA is really good at acting now. I remember seeing her acting in ‘HUSH’ and she seems to blend well regardless of the genre, like ‘Confidential Assignment’, ‘HUSH’ or ‘Big Mouth’. 230. Wow, I was shocked to see her acting alongside Kwon Sang woo in ‘Cinderella Man’, and I have only watched ‘EXIT’ and I felt it since then, she did well. 231. I am re-looking YoonA again because of ‘Big Mouth’. Now I am curious of her future acting projects. 249. I am just happy to see YoonA growing more and more 259. It is easy to watch because she has good vocalisation. I am enjoying ‘Big Mouth’ a lot. 260. Really so good ㅠㅠI hope ‘Big Mouth’ will not end ㅠㅠ 263. I don’t know the context but just by watching this video I think she is amazing?? ㅠㅠ

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nct-lian · 4 years ago

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people who have a crush on lian (outside of the group)

ERIC SOHN, THE BOYZ

duration: april 2020 — present

he actually developed a crush on her after he had watched the music video to her pre-release single, “stay tonight.” he thought she looked SO good and went on to talk about how much he loved that kind of concept on her for weeks on end.

eric obviously knew about her prior to his discovery of the song, having a member that’s been great friends with her for about a year.

he thinks that if kevin would stop hogging lian and actually let her interact with more of the members, he’d be able to “win her over” but according to kevin, she’s his best friend and his best friend only.

do fans know?: yes

fans of both the boyz and nct figured out that eric had a little bit of a crush on her after watching the english line’s episode of the k-pop daebak show with eric nam.

it was the section of which eric nam was reading out all the questions jacob, kevin and eric had sent in for each other, and one of kevin’s questions for eric was, “do you have a crush on my best friend?”

eric nam widened his eyes, “you have a best friend that he has a crush on?” he asked kevin, who was trying not to laugh hysterically at the question that had resurfaced. “he might,” kevin nodded.

“jacob, do you know who he’s talking about?” jacob nodded and suppressed his giggle by lifting the pillow he was hugging tightly to his chest and covering his face with it.

eric held a look on his face that screamed, “i’ve been personally victimized” as he shot his head back and forth between kevin and the other two older men in the room.

“i don’t have a crush on your best friend.. well- you know- like- maybe a celebrity crush.”

kevin cackled, “she’s not a celebrity-” eric nam laughed at that and shrugged his shoulders when eric turned to him for some help. “i don’t even know who’s he’s talking about, don’t look at me!”

“to you!” eric shot back at kevin, implying that he obviously wasn’t going to see her as a celebrity, given their best friend status.

jacob let him himself laugh, “eric, it’s okay, you make it so obvious sometimes.” he reassured his younger member.

eric stuttered over his words and kept shaking his head. “it’s a celebrity crush. no real feelings.” he stated.

the man across from him, again, shrugged his shoulders in confusion. “i still don’t know who we’re talking about?”

kevin apologized and clapped his hands together, “she’s actually schedules to come on this show.” he smiled and threw him a thumbs up. “is she really? oh, i think i know who it is, then.” eric nam made a face and looked at kevin and jacob, who both matched his expression.

then they all looked at eric, “why are you guys looking at me like that? okay, next question.” he smiled in attempt to change the topic. eric obeyed, feeling bad that they were sort of teasing him, while the two others just laughed.

current status: acquaintances (they met through kevin moon)

( FIRST MEETING ) lian had been waiting at the door of kevin’s dormitory for a minute too long, and no matter how many times she knocked, nobody would answer. they were supposed to be going on a walk in order to catch up before their weekly schedules.

lian pulled out her phone and called kevin through facetime, him answering almost immediately. “kevin, why aren’t you answering? i’ve been knocking nonstop.”

he rolled his eyes and told her to just come in and that he’ll be a minute because he can’t find any shoes that look good with his outfit.

she hung up on him and walked inside, greeted with the sight of the boyz’s maknae on the couch. she stopped in her tracks and watched as he scrambled to his feet in panic. “s-sunbaenim, what are you doing here?” eric scratched the back of his neck.

“huh? oh! i’m just waiting for kevin to finish getting ready.” she smiled politely and looked at everything but him, finding the interior of their dorm rather interesting at that moment.

getting uncomfortable with the awkward atmosphere her and eric had created, she yelled out for kevin to hurry up. “moon hyungseo!” she called him by his korean name, knowing that he didn’t like it.

“don’t you dare call me that, bae haneul!” he shot back at her, stumbling out of his room while trying to put on his left shoe.

she chuckled, “hah, jokes on you, i actually like my korean name.” he stuck his tongue out at her, “okay idiot, let’s just go.”

he opened the door for her so she could walk out first, “uhh, bye eric.” lian waved at him with a tight smile before exiting the dorm, kevin following after her.

eric waited for the door to close before he returned her goodbye, giggling like a little schoolboy who’d just received a lolipop.

“she knows my name.” a bright smile replaced the awkward frown on his face.

crush percentage out of 100: 60%

BANG CHAN, STRAY KIDS

duration: unknown — present

chan can remember keeping up with smrookies while he was still a trainee, and he developed some sort of jealousy towards lian. he saw her grow as a person, not just an artist.

he watched her debut first, he watched her transition from red velvet into nct, he watched her achieve his dreams before he could.

this jealousy overtime somehow turned into feelings, and he had no idea what kind of feelings they exactly were.

he hadn’t ever really experienced feelings like this before, and he was terrified to admit what he thought they were. eventually, chan opened up to someone and it was clear that he had a bit of a crush on her — and a big one.

chan began to update himself on smrookies daily, constantly wanting to know what she was up to and what her debut plans were, especially because of the sudden group change.

even now that they’re great friends, he’s always calling her to see what’s going on and if she needs help with anything.

do fans know?: definitely

no doubt do stays know about his feelings — he was bound to slip up once or twice while live streaming to them.

and that slip up just so happened to be while he was reacting to lian’s “play” music video. everything was going fine — bopping his head to the beat and humming calmly, but he couldn’t stop the blush from spreading onto his cheeks while watching her dance with another guy.

yeah, he was jealous, but that doesn’t mean stays had to know. he hysterically fanned his face, somewhat over exaggerating to play it off. “oh- woah- is the ac not working in here suddenly?” he playfully laughed at the camera facing him.

the song soon ended, and chan was back to reading all of the comments. he read some aloud, some in his head, but he accidentally let one slip through his lips.

“do you have a crush on neullie?” he nearly cursed when he realized the question he had just read to the entire live stream said what it said, allowing himself to sit back in his chair as he watched all the comments flood in.

“well, do you?” “CHAN OMFG-” “christopher bang..”

“guys, come on, of course i don’t.” the viewers definitely wanted to believe him; like, a lot, but they couldn’t.

the way he smiles whenever she was brought up in a conversation, how he looks so incredibly proud when talking about her — it would be a complete lie to believe otherwise.

current status: good friends

( FIRST MEETING ) changed out of the sparkly, sequinned dress she’d been wearing for the last couple of hours and now sitting in a pair of sweats and a zip up, lian couldn’t be happier.

finally out of the uncomfortably tall heels and being able to sit down on a cushy sofa while waiting to leave the venue, lian pulled out her phone to check notifications.

five minutes probably passed before her manager gave her the “okay” to start walking to the exit, the car already waiting for her outside.

leaving the dressing room, she saw taeyong, who decided to tag along with the driver (and taeil) so he could see her. “hey, oppa.” she greeted, grabbing onto his arm and leaning on his shoulder for support.

“did you have fun? were you able to see sunmi-sunbaenim today?” he patted her hand slowly. she nodded and made a noise in confirmation, way too tired to give an audible response.

taeyong chuckled as he made sure to keep her upright while getting closer to the exit.

meanwhile, bang chan was talking with felix a couple feet away. he felt bad watching as taeyong struggled to help lian balance herself on her, for sure, wobbly legs.

he saw how terrific she danced that night, completely dominating the stage with her powerful choreography and her clear vocals.

subtly walking in their direction, he put his hand out the minute taeyong’s arm wasn’t able to hold her up anymore. lian looked like she was sleeping at that point.

chan gracefully caught her in his arms, taeyong apologizing and taking her back into his own. “i’m so sorry-” he bowed.

“no, no, it’s okay. she must be tired- uh- would you like some help?” chan offered a helping hand, but taeyong was sure he had other duties to attend to, being the leader of his group and all.

“no! please, i got it from here. thank you for catching her, though, you have no idea what yuta would have done to me if something happened- uh, i’m getting ahead of myself. have a good night.” he noticed how he began rambling on, but chan paid no mind to it.

laughing and keeping the air light, chan nodded his head and bowed, about to walk away after wishing him a safe trip back to the dorms; but that was when lian decided to wake up from her slumber.

“huh?” she looked at taeyong cluelessly, but chan caught her eye. it was then that she noticed johnny’s grey zip up was halfway down her arms, spaghetti strapped tank top (pretty revealing) on full display.

she hastily pulled the sleeves up and looked at chan awkwardly, bowing to him and proceeding to ask taeyong if they were going home.

taeyong nodded his head and put a hand on her shoulder, “yeah, the car is waiting outside. taeil’s in the backseat with your pillow.” he smiled.

lian’s smiled back with a toothy grin, clapping her hands excitedly as she now knew she would be able to sleep on the way home. again realizing chan was watching, she looked back to him.

“it was nice meeting you!” lian waved her hand at him, grabbing onto taeyong’s arm and gently dragging him towards the door leading outside. he complied, but not without shouting yet another “thank you!” to chan, who was still standing in the same spot.

crush percentage out of 100: 90%

CHOI SOOBIN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER

duration: october 2018 — present

soobin was really able to learn more about the different variety of idols in the industry when he first joined bighit, and that surely included lian. he admired her so much; she became one of the people he looked up to most.

she was the only female member in a group that included eighteen other men, how could he not immediately think the highest of her after finding that out?

he would keep up with her scheduling and make sure to listen in on her radio show appearances so he could stay updated. he even bought all of her solo albums so he could put her photocard in the back of his phone case!

do fans know?: yes

moas aren’t even able to count on their fingers the amount of times soobin has said lian was his ideal type or his #1 crush. like, the first couple appearances he had on camera post debut, her photocard was literally still in his phone case.

“moas are asking if you still have a crush on lian-sunbaenim.” yeonjun nodded his head towards soobin, the members of txt all sitting comfortably on the floor of a practice room.

soobin lightly brushed his hair out of his face as he nodded his head, “yeah, she’s gotten even prettier lately. have you see her new music video?” beomgyu nodded excitedly.

“it’s super good! the album is amazing, as well.” he beamed at the phone that was filming them and clapped his hands.

“yah, don’t get too excited; soobinnie will get jealous~” yeonjun teased. soobin playfully hit his hyung on the shoulder and told him to be less embarrassing, a small blush now resting on his dimpled cheeks.

hueningkai and taehyun both laughed at their leader, agreeing that lian has certainly gotten prettier, if that was even possible. the topic was soon over as they began talking about something else, but moas definitely added that into their list of “soobin fanboying over lian” moments.

look forward to the fifteen million new youtube videos about it!

current status: acquaintances, idol x fan

( FIRST MEETING ) soobin almost jumped straight out of his seat when he noticed the goddess herself, lian, walk into the section him and his group were currently in. he watched her bow to the members of itzy before sitting next to them and placing a fluffy blanket onto her lap.

she had just finished performing, and he was still shaking at how perfect it was played out; the sparkly outfits, the amazing choreography, her powerful vocals yet again never disappointed.

the curfew for underage idols now being hit, soobin and yeonjun both bid goodbye to their younger members as lian, yeji and lia did the same for ryujin, chaeryeong and yuna.

the three girls sitting in front of their section soon ran out of things to talk about while waiting for bts to perform their stage, a comforting silence falling upon them. lian allowed her eyes to wonder around her surroundings and ended up unconsciously turning around and staring right at the two members of txt that were left.

yeonjun seemed to have paid no mind to her lingering gaze, but soobin on the other hand could have sworn his heart dropped out of his ass at that very moment. lian, now shaken out of her thoughts, noticed how creepy she probably looked.

bowing in apology, she quickly turned around to talk with lia once again in order to distract herself from the embarrassment that was currently enveloping her whole.

once he knew lian was too invested in her conversation to notice his quiet squeal, he excitedly began bouncing his legs up and down on the cold floor and repeatedly hit yeonjun’s arm.

“huh, what? what’s wrong?” confusion took over his face, wondering why soobin was practically having a heart attack next to him.

“hyung- she looked at me! right at my face! lianna bae looked at me!” yeonjun couldn’t help but scoff at how incredibly excited soobin seemed to be at such a little thing, but it was cute.

crush percentage out of 100: 78%

KIM TAEHYUNG, BANGTAN SONYEONDAN

duration: somewhere in 2019 — present

taehyung has seen lian here and there whenever he browsed twitter on his secret account, and he’s definitely noticed the constant shipping and dating rumours that went on between their fandoms.

the fanwars, the manips — they’ve all been seen by him at some point in time; but he has to admit that from the manips he’s been able to get a good look at, him and lian would actually make a pretty nice looking couple.

but you didn’t hear that from him tf :)

do fans know?: kind of

the calming beat of lian’s “my friend” played in the background of taehyung’s vlive, the viewers all watching him eat peacefully and answer some of their questions.

“are you a fan of lian?” taehyung slowly read out the question as he tried to slurp some of his soup up at the same time. “yes, i like her music a lot..” he trailed off, once again focusing on finishing his soup.

he ate his last spoonful shortly after, continuing his sentence, “i noticed she likes to experiment a lot.. it’s admirable.” he smiled fondly and switched to another song on his playlist after “my friend” ended.

“uh, she’s also really pretty; she fits my ideal type well.” he allowed himself to giggle, somewhat playing it off so the atmosphere on the stream stayed comfortable.

the topic of lian never reappeared that night, fortunately for him, but when he was chaotically woken up the next morning by jungkook, he saw at least five headlines about how he admitted to having a crush on lian.

current status: friends (?)

( FIRST MEETING ) venturing off and losing his members during isac was never taehyung’s intention, but he was able to see some of his friends, so it wasn’t exactly a bad thing. he met a few idols and befriended them, trading phone numbers with a couple new people before heading off to regroup with his six roommates.

on his way there, however, a girl with green sweatpants and a white long sleeved t-shirt caught his eye. he recognized her as nct’s only female member, who was currently running around with seulgi of red velvet.

if he was being completely honest with himself, he’d love to join in on the fun they looked like they were having, but he instead continued on with his journey towards bts. even after a couple minutes of searching around the large stadium he was still unable to find his members.

eventually giving up on his mission, he just decided to back to wherever he last saw some entertainment. he found himself now engaged in a conversation with johnny suh, looking back at lian every now and then to see if she’s gone anywhere.

after a little while, johnny seemed to have caught on, “why are you staring at lian?” taehyung jumped at the question, shrugging his shoulders awkwardly and turning to fully look at the older male beside him.

“uh, i can ask her to come over here if you want. i’ll be a wingman,” johnny winked playfully at the fellow idol, and went over to grab lian before taehyung was able to give a solid answer.

“hey, lian, taeyong wants to talk to you.” he grabbed her hand, and began to drag her towards the bts member, who was literally shitting his pants. seulgi on the other hand, was following the two to wherever lian needed to be, not quite ready to leave.

“noona, go away.” johnny lightly pushed seulgi away from lian, being a shot an “i’m incredibly offended, you’re dead to me” look as as she stomped away from them and over to joy and wendy.

lian silently followed johnny to where “taeyong” was but instead she was met with the face of kim taehyung. she looked back up at johnny with confusion written all over her features, but he shrugged his shoulders and walked away as well.

now, they were just standing there awkwardly looking at each other with nothing to say. “uh, hi, you’re not taeyong.” lian laughed to break the ice, taehyung following shortly after. “yeah, i don’t know what he was trying to do here.” lian nodded in agreement.

lian suddenly became aware of all the fans in the audience and the numerous amounts of fansites that probably had their cameras facing directly at her.

she was able to wrap up her conversation with taehyung pretty quickly, making a mental note in her head of the phone number he’d given her so they could talk later.

once taehyung walked away as he’d finally caught sight of yoongi, lian stomped over to the member of nct 127 and roughly pushed johnny into jungwoo, but he was far too strong to be toppled over like she wanted.

“you idiot, why would you do that? that was so awkward, i hate you and i’m not cooking for you ever again.” johnny simply laughed and ruffled her hair, turning back to hyuck, who was also laughing at her.

she huffed as she was engulfed into a hug by yuta, who almost immediately asked what the hell they were talking about over there.

crush percentage out of 100: 40%

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alpacaparkaseok · 4 years ago

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Mine

3. Stalk me all you want, just bring refreshments.

Genre: Yoongi x OC

Warnings: some stalking lol

Word Count: 3.1k

We’ve made it to Paris by the time the first stalker finds me.

The past week has been spent in England popping in and out of interviews and press conferences. For the most part, it’s been pretty quiet. Granted, each interview never fails to bring up BTS, one even going so far as to pull up a quiz to see how similar I am to Suga.

I got 62%.

Sebastian demanded to take it as well. He got 43%. I still can’t tell if he was relieved or upset. Either way, things have been a little strange between us ever since that morning when he woke me up post panic attack. I can’t tell if it’s just because we’ve both got a lot of things on our minds or the fact that we’re back in civilization now, but I find myself seeking out the company of friends through phone calls and facetimes more often.

Stacey has been working nonstop to deflate the situation as much as possible. Truly, I owe her everything. She’s quick to remind me just that as I make my way to my hotel room.

“You know, this is very different from any other case I’ve had before. This fanbase is hard to get around.”

I roll my eyes even though she can’t see me from the other end of the phone. “You really have to stop referring to this as a case. It sounds like I’m some type of criminal.”

Sebastian passes me to go to his room while I fumble with my keycard. Stacey is in the middle of explaining the reasoning behind calling this a case when I finally open up the door and nearly drop the phone at the sight before me.

A girl sits on the edge of the bed, phone held up and hat low on her head. She stands up, walking over to me.

“Look who it is! Cara Richie!” For her surprised tone, I know she isn’t surprised at all. Stacey pauses on the phone as she picks up on the other voice. I remain frozen in the doorway, utterly confused. Did I get the wrong room?

Sebastian is the first one to react. “Keep your head down Car, and walk over here. Come into my room, I’ll get security.”

I do as he says, hesitating only a moment longer before turning my head down and heading down the hall. Stacey is demanding answers in my ear, but I can’t bring myself to answer her. Not as the girl is rushing out the door in an attempt to capture more footage.

“You think just because you’re a pretty face that Yoongi would be interested in you? He probably felt bad for your sorry excuse of a career and wanted to help. How do you feel about being a pity case?”

The words fling themselves at my back, but I focus on putting one step in front of the other. Sebastian is speaking quickly on the phone, motioning for me to walk faster.

“C’mon, c’mon…” He mutters under his breath, opening his door wide.

“I think you should know that this is live on Instagram. You look like a coward. Why would he like a coward like you?”

My feet refuse to move faster, my measly pace being the only thing I can manage. There’s a piece of me that really wants to turn around and give her a piece of my mind, but I know that’s the last move I should take. Not when she’s filming. Not when we’re just beginning promotions and my career is already barely hanging in there.

When I’m within arm’s reach, Sebastian grabs me and hauls me into the room. I just glimpse the dark clothing of security bursting out of the stairwell before Sebastian closes the door behind us.

“What was that?” Stacey demands to know. I watch as Sebastian scours the room, checking the bathroom and even under the covers for any unwanted visitors. Once he gives me a thumbs-up, I finally speak.

“I...I think that girl was stalking me.”

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To say the least, Paris and I don’t get along well. Yes, the world-famous city of love. The irony of it all isn’t lost on me. I’m stuck in the city of love all the while trying my best to avoid crazed would-be lovers of some man I’ve only ever seen through a screen.

On the bright side, people who work for the tabloids are having a heyday. I haven’t managed to get my hands on any of the magazines they’re working for, but I do have a phone and said phone is in a constant state of buzzing and ringing.

One the down side I still have no clue how I’m supposed to make it through these promotions in one piece. A part of me hopes that BTS will step in and basically tell everyone to knock it off, but I have no way of knowing how their PR teams works. Either way, they seem to be very good at keeping things on their side very quiet while my side is barely holding the barricade.

We’re driving back from an interview when my phone rings yet again. Sebastian looks at me.

“You gonna answer that?”

Sighing, I yank my phone out of my pocket. No doubt it’s yet another nosy friend or reporter that got my number from a nosy friend.

“Oh!” I gasp. It’s an actual friend. “Bong-Cha!” I all but scream into the phone. It’s my crazy roommate from my senior year in college that convinced me to pursue another degree with her in Seoul.

“Wow, you actually sound happy to hear from me,” my friend teases.

“There’s a first time for everything. How are you?” It feels like it’s been years since we’ve last spoken.

Sebastian looks at me with a puzzled expression as I slip into Korean. I’ve never spoken it around him, but I’ve never had a reason to. In fact, it’s about time I got a call from my friend. I need to keep practicing.

“I’m...great.”

I furrow my brows as I study the Parisian streets we pass. “Are you sure about that?”

Bong-cha’s sigh carries through the phone. “Yeah, I think so. It’s just...remember when I told you before you left for the Congo that I had a really big gig coming up? Like, really big?”

The conversation we had less than a week before I left for the Congo comes back to my mind. Bong-cha and I originally went into the university to study acting. When we were both accepted to a prestigious school in Seoul she was elated and I was confused. I didn’t apply to the school. I didn’t even speak the language, why would I apply? Bong-cha took things into her own hands and filled out the application for me. It took a lot of puppy eyes and convincing, but eventually I realized that a fresh start on a new continent and even with a new language would be exactly what I needed.

The program took two years, but it only took Bong-cha six months to realize that she wanted to focus more on the music part of filming rather than the actual acting. The little punk switched programs, but we still lived together for the duration of the two years. Looking back, she made the right decision. She can weave and create a soundtrack that puts people under a spell. She even helped with the soundtrack for one of my very first indie flicks.

Thanks to her I had something of an advantage going into the world of cinema with both American and Korean acting experience. But the best part of it all was the building up a friendship that will last for decades.

“Yeah,” I come out of my walk down memory lane. Paris somehow makes me nostalgic. “What happened with that? How did it go?”

“Well, it went well...it wasn’t exactly for a movie, though.”

“What was it for, then?” I can sense the hesitation in her tone and urge her forward. “Are you releasing a mixtape or something?” We both chuckle at the notion.

“No, not that. Although I would take the world by storm if I decided to drop a mixtape. It would be pure genius.”

“Yeah, yeah. What was it for? Now you’ve made me curious.”

Another sigh. “I was working on a comeback trailer for BTS.”

My heart stutters for a moment. “You- you what?”

“I know, and I should have told you all of this-”

“Daebak!” I shout into the car, Sebastian jumping a little at my sudden exclamation. “That’s so cool, Bong-cha! I can’t believe you didn’t tell me before!”

“Oh, yeah. Yeah, it is amazing, isn’t it? They’re kind of going for this intense dystopian feel and somebody recommended me to them because they’d seen ‘True Lies’, isn’t that great? I still can’t believe it.”

Bong-cha deserves every ounce of credit that comes her way, I couldn’t be happier for her. Then I remember my current situation, and the questions I’m dying to ask her are all jumping for attention. I bite them down, reminding myself that this isn’t about me.

“I told you that the soundtrack for ‘True Lies’ was perfect, didn’t I? See, you should listen to me more often.”

A half-hearted chuckle from the other end of the phone. “I guess I should. But Cara, that’s not the only reason I called. I think I may have screwed something up.”

If my heart keeps stuttering I may die. Trying not to jump to any conclusions, I struggle to keep the apprehension out of my voice. “Ok...what happened?”

“Well...I worked a lot with all the boys, they’re very hands on in the whole process.”

“Ok.”

“I especially worked a lot with Suga because he’s very talented at producing music and all that, so he had a lot of say in the overall vibe and feel of the piece. Anyways, as you can imagine, we had to spend a lot of time together and we actually became pretty good friends...”

A yellow bike is being parked in a bike rack painted with red flowers and vines. It’s outside of the kind of cafe you only see in movies, and a young woman sits by the window with a book in hand. She’s lost in thought, no longer looking down at her book but instead watching the cars as they pass by. One hand rests idly around her drink which is still full. We make eye contact for a single second before I speed by, and I know that I’ll never see her again but I can’t help but wish I was her.

If I were her I could sit there calmly, not worried about much except for not spilling my drink on my novel. I would admire the yellow bike in the rack, and think up bike routes that I could enjoy. I would pack my book in the little basket between the handlebars and I would wait for a sunny day to go out and read.

Just my bike, book, and me.

Jumping a little as we pass over a speed bump I’m ripped from my alternate reality and drink in the words that Bong-cha speaks as delicately as possible.

“...we talked a lot, and eventually I started talking about my friends. You know, pretty normal, isn’t it? Everyone talks about their best friends. I mentioned you, of course. Explained how we lived together for however long, like what, four years? Two in the states and two in Seoul? Anyways, I was going on about you because ‘Under Nine’ has been so huge and it’s like you finally had your big break.”

Coaxing my jaw to move from its stiff position, I form a sentence. “Bong-cha, just tell me.”

There’s a two second pause before she dives back in. “He’d seen the film, said that you seemed cool. And I just started thinking about it and I thought that you two would be so cute together. And he just seems...lonely. Is that weird? And you’re always so stressed with trying to find the next big project so I just talked you up but...I- I didn’t tell him to date you or anything, I swear! I just said that you two should be friends. That’s all, I swear.”

Somehow the spike in heart rate I was expecting never comes. Instead, I almost feel more at ease. At least I’m starting to understand how this got started. It all seemed too disconnected before, like he just picked my name out of a hat and decided to have some fun with it.

“So...do you know why he said those things in the interview? Because that wasn’t exactly a call for friendship. At least, if that’s how he meant it, he failed. Big time. And now I’m paying the price.”

I can’t keep the bite out of my voice toward the end, and Sebastian doesn’t need to be fluent in the language to understand that tone.

‘You ok?’ he mouths. I nod and roll my neck in an attempt to relax. I don’t want Bong-cha to think that I’m mad at her. If anything, I’m flattered that she even thought to act as a sponsor for me to one of the most famous rappers in the world, however misguided her intentions.

“I know. I know, trust me, I talked to him about it.”

I wasn’t expecting that. They must be pretty good friends if Bong-cha feels comfortable calling him out on this. “You did?”

She chuckles. “I know, shocking. I just feel partially responsible for all of this. Then when I saw that video in your hotel room-”

“Wait, you saw that? I thought they were able to take that down in time.”

“Well, it was live when she was filming it. So she had to stop the filming but it was already out in the world. If it makes you feel any better, most people feel bad for you. You reacted really well in the video. Didn’t even say anything. Yoongi felt horrible when-”

“Hold up, hold up.” The words tumble from my mouth before she can continue. “You’re telling me that he actually saw that? And you talked to him about all of this? What is he saying?”

“I would tell you if you would quit interrupting me.”

“Sorry.” A hint of a smile tugs at my lips, the head strong Bong-cha I know so well reappearing.

“Anyways, as I was saying he felt horrible once he saw the video. Obviously we knew that it was probably a little crazy for you, especially with interviews and stuff. But I think even the guys were surprised to hear about you having stalkers and stuff.”

“The guys as in…”

“As in the guys. Jin and Jimin and-”

“Yeah. Yep. Got it.” I’m not sure whether I should laugh or cry, so I settle for shock.

“I talked to Yoongi about it, though. They all feel horrible about it, really. I guess after I talked about you so much he got curious and started doing some research and trying to figure out who you were. You know, kind of like friend shopping.”

“Is that a thing?”

“Sure, when you’re that crazy famous it is. You have to make sure the person you want to befriend isn’t some psycho in disguise.”

I snort. “I am a psycho, though. I don’t even try to hide it.”

Bong-cha chuckles, in full agreement with me. “Trust me, I know. But I don’t know, maybe he thinks it’s endearing? I mean, look at his closest friends. Compared to the rest of the members, you’re pretty tame. They’re all nuts.”

Just from the way Bong-cha speaks about the band I can tell that she really loved spending her time working with them. It would appear they all became fast friends. I can’t say that surprises me; she’s always had a knack for making friends.

“Alright, if you say so.”

“Anyways, I guess the guys were just giving him a hard time because he was always watching your stuff. Everyone took it too far in that interview. I mean, honestly speaking, I think they want him to get a girlfriend as badly as I do, but,” she keeps chattering away as she senses my impending interruption, “they realize that this wasn’t the best way to go about everything. Trust me when I say that their agency practically skinned them alive when the interview went viral.”

I suppose it makes sense to a certain point, but there’s still one outlier in all this information. If this is purely just an innocent mistake, then why on earth would Yoongi fan the flame by inviting us to the film festival in Seoul? And publicly RSVP?

I ask Bong-cha as much, the skepticism thick in my voice. “I just don’t get it, I guess.”

Bong-cha curses on the other side, and I can practically see her rolling her eyes. “That is precisely why all of the boys have basically been in time out for the past couple of weeks. Remember when I said that the other boys want Yoongi to get moving as much as I do?”

“Yeah? I don’t follow…”

Bong-cha laughs at the situation, the sound of it only worrying me more. “That wasn’t Yoongi that invited you guys and RSVPd.”

I nearly choke at the new information. The anger I feel is red-hot. Somebody really is trying to sabotage my career, aren’t they? “W-who? Who would do that? Why haven’t they said anything about that? Clearly someone is trying to ruin my career, and possibly his as well. Wouldn’t BigHit do someth-”

“Hey! Listen to me you psycho!” Bong-cha yells through the phone, barely able to get me to shut up for more than two seconds. “Are you even listening to me at all? I just said that the others are pushing for you and Yoongi, too. Nobody is trying to destroy your career.” She pauses, and for once I don’t interrupt her. Instead I wait with bated breath for her to continue. “You should have seen Yoongi’s face when Jin told him what he did.”

Jin? Kim Seokjin? What did he do?

“What do you mean? What did Jin do?”

A sigh of long-suffering. “He’s the one that invited you guys. And made sure Yoongi would have to be there to face you by publicly RSVPing him. Got it?”

“Why would he do that?” I ask myself the question more than anything. Bong-cha still responds though, the smirk evident in her tone.

“You’ll just have to ask him in person when you get here, won’t you? Make sure you save me a seat. I want to be there for this.”

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random juliet moments.

(a/n: this will probably be updated regularly as i think of more things to add!! i tried to organise these chronologically to the best of my ability but there may be some inconsistencies, so apologies in advance!!🤍)

started crying when she saw yunho cry at their first fansign

when hongjoong forgot to say “dul, set” and said “8 makes 1 team” alone, san and juliet coincidentally said “1 makes 1 team” to clown him and they looked at each other like 👁👄👁

when san backwashed into his bottle of cola and hongjoong unknowingly drank from it which made her go 👁👄👁 and she made san pinky-promise that he wouldn’t do that to her

when felix, chan and somi hugged her when ateez got their first win on m countdown

when she wrote another one of their iconic instagram live “please leave” signs in her pretty cursive handwriting

she really said “𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒 ❤️” 😭😭😭

when that one australian interviewer asked “if you don’t have any sexiness or charisma like me, what do you do then?” and she half-jokingly went “yeah, that’d be tragic”

cried at their concert in sydney and couldn’t sing for the remainder of the song they were performing because she was crying so much

said “sorry, this is his mission, i’m just here for moral support” when the employees at the pharmacy heard her speak fluent english and asked her to translate for mingi during ateez treasure film

(disclaimer: i’m pretty sure mingi mentioned in a v-live that the producers (?) of ateez treasure film told him to exaggerate the mission for entertainment purposes. so this is in no way trying to make fun of anyone’s english, and is intended to be light-hearted. as someone whose mother tongue isn’t english, and is currently learning a fourth language, i can say with full confidence that learning other languages is really, really hard and i’m so proud of the boys for their english!! in conclusion, mingi english king and mingi bestest boy!! 🥺)

climbed the sydney harbour bridge with seonghwa and mingi for the former’s mission

when they all went to juliet’s house in sydney to have dinner with her family during ateez treasure film; she also saw her cat in person for the first time in years and teared up because it had grown a lot

also cried during the confessional activity on the beach while filming ateez treasure film and clung to seonghwa and yunho for the rest of the activity

reacted to the ateez meme song with hongjoong

“ateez meh-meh song?” pls he’s so cute

*dying in the background* “MEME song” 😭

laughed for 5 minutes straight after seeing yunho in his thor costume

showed off a hydro flask that she customised during a v-live before going “sksksksksksksksk”; this moment went viral on stan twitter

eating fairy bread and toast with vegemite during a v-live

making the boys and their staff try vegemite

san: “ewwwww!”

“yAH! YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT A SPOONFUL! THAT’S NOT HOW YOU EAT VEGEMITE!”

almost said “fuck” once during a v-live with wooyoung and he immediately slapped a hand over her mouth

“everyone, i apologise on her behal—JULIET WAS THAT YOUR TONGUE DID YOU JUST LICK MY HAND”

after joking about choosing a leader for the ‘99 line on idol radio, the djs asked juliet what leader she was, and she teasingly replied that she was the leader of k-pop’s “aussie line”; felix later brought this up in a v-live with chan to clown her

when it was time to shoot her solo scenes for the music video for answer no one could find her and everyone panicked until they found her curled up in a corner sleeping

was close to snapping during a group v-live because of the hate comments and didn’t bother masking her irritation towards the end; jongho had to pat her head to subtly calm her; this was the first time atiny’s ever saw her angry on camera and realised how scary she could be

when a few atiny’s brought juliet flowers during a fansign which made her incredibly happy for the rest of the event, so now atiny’s bring her flowers all the time

was so focused on eating during a v-live that she was completely oblivious to some of the boys quietly watching her eat adoringly

when an atiny told her that they hadn’t eaten yet at a fansign and she asked them to pinky-promise that they would eat something after the event

almost lost her shit with san when seonghwa rapped on weekly idol

covering “someone you loved” on weekly idol which went viral

almost died laughing when they sang “wonderland” in spanish on hello82

fangirled over basically every artist during mama 2019; clips of her just having the time of her life went viral and many asked about “the girl in the boy group who was jamming out”

when san almost gave her a heart attack by spinning the gold play button; she was still very impressed

rounded up all 8 of her members to sing “thank you” to them during “thank u” at their seoul concert and make them all emotional

during the same concert, she accidentally whacked herself over the head with her mic when waving to fans and went “ ᵃ ʰ ”

she’s babie :(

randomly asked “toes for fingers or fingers for toes” during a v-live and the other members looked at her like 👁👄👁 for a good minute

got very passionate about having fingers for toes being better than having toes for fingers

“how will you even find shoes that are big enough?” “custom shoes, duh🙄”

almost died laughing during san and mingi’s round in the “scream in silence” game during their v-live

nearly lost her cool from playing the “scream in silence” game with yeosang

“yOU I D I O T”

made friendship bracelets for herself, the boys, and some of their staff members on an episode of juliet’s archive; they can all be seen wearing the bracelets frequently

when she couldn’t attach the wristband to her lightiny and asked seonghwa for help, but he couldn’t do it either so they looked at each other in exasperation for a few seconds before deciding to give up together

wore her huge platform boots in a v-live so she could be taller than hongjoong, much to his dismay

when she tried to show her boots off by lifting up her leg, she forgot she was wearing a dress; seonghwa immediately panicked and moved in front of her to shield her from the camera, not knowing she was wearing shorts underneath the dress

watching seonghwa’s birthday v-live in the corner with san

when their staff brought out a “cake” that was built from packets of timtams for her birthday v-live and it made her so happy she almost cried

reacted to hongjoong’s cover of “black or white” during a solo v-live and teared up

when an atiny asked her to help with their maths homework during a v-live and she said “uh...i’m probably the last person you’d want to ask...”

cried during an inception music show performance because she got so into the performance; it scared atiny’s until she went on v-live explaining what happened

helping yunho expose san on weekly idol

when she imitated seonghwa’s “num-num” and did the “ottoke” song on weekly idol and made everyone on and off set soft for her

when her and wooyoung both lost it when yeosang sucked on a piece of radish on weekly idol during a game

when she said “i have the only braincell in ateez” and was almost immediately clowned by atiny’s who made compilations of moments when she acted questionably

“jeez, you guys didn’t have to come for me like that”

said “wow, geography king” when yunho said “thank you, scandinavia” for his “thanxx” acoustic poem during idol live tv

during a game on idol live tv, she caught wooyoung and yeosang copying the answer to the number of days since ateez’s debut from atiny’s live comments and subsequently changed her answer, unbeknownst to them

when even san didn’t want her to eat the “detergent hwachae” he, hongjoong, yeosang and mingi made on studiok

she ate it anyways and it was instant regret

“we’re not friends anymore >:(” — to jongho on ateez fever road after hongjoong found the real key which was attached to jongho’s bag all along

was so scared when the masked man appeared during ateez fever road that she hid behind hongjoong and they freaked out together

but started laughing when the masked man “kidnapped” wooyoung

“if we let you have him you won’t come back for us, right?” “yAH! BAEK MINYOUNG!”

then did the “7 makes 1 team” chant with the others, excluding jongho and wooyoung after the former suggested “saving” wooyoung

was slouching in a chair in the background of an ateez log but immediately got up and sat upright once the cameraman came over to film her while pretending nothing happened

when one atiny showed their cat during a video call with her and she went “CAT :D”

when she went on and on about her coffee preferences and opinions during a solo vlive without realising, and wooyoung had to call her for her to realise that she had been ranting about coffee for five minutes straight 💀

when she was about to fight hongjoong for slandering mint chocolate chip ice cream

being an iconic legend when she was on the kpop daebak podcast with eric nam (and also fangirled over him)

dancing to what type of x by jessi with san and yunho during their kcontact 3 interview

“jessi-sunbaenim i love you!!”

(a/n: ajshakjska this is so long i’m so sorry 😔😔)

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lsmu · 3 years ago

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Book 3 Part 1 - Chapter 10: A Gamble

"So what happened at Dispatch's office?"

I took a glance at my girlfriend and sighed. We were driving to Hannam, trying to reach as quickly as possible to make sure Jihyo and Minsoo did not have to wait for very long. I collected my thoughts for a moment, before speaking.

"Actually it went smoothly at first. BoA-daepyeonim sent her best lawyer to support Irene-unnie... Jang Junhwan-ssi," I said. Jeongyeon's eyes widened in surprise. "Jang Junhwan? The famous lawyer?" she gasped. I nodded. "Yeah. And... Gosh, Babe, you have to see just how smugly he talked and taunted the Editor-in-Chief! He spoke very respectfully, but, you know... You can feel the poison in his words, disarming the Editor-in-Chief with just his words," I said, giggling from excitement. "Woah... Daebak..." uttered Jeongyeon in amazement. "At first the man tried to blackmail us, you see... Asking how much we wanted to pay him to release the follow up news," I said. Jeongyeon scoffed. "The audacity!" she said. "By the way, great job, Babe! You were the one suggesting that you take and post the pictures, right?"

I chuckled and nodded, before continuing.

"Yeah, he tried to blackmail us. But then Junhwan-ssi started listing all the charges he could and would bring down upon Dispatch if he decided to continue this act, and... Well... The Editor-in-Chief must have realised who he was dealing with," I said.

Jeongyeon chuckled and nodded, and I continued.

"The Editor-in-Chief tried to talk his way out of agreeing with us, you know... Because he would get in trouble with his superiors. He said that we couldn't just come there to demand something from him... But then... Gosh, Jeongie, you'll love it... Then the Queen of Red Velvet herself stepped forward," I said with a chuckle. Jeongyeon understood and smiled.

"Oh shit, here we go..." she said with glee. "She only said two words: 'Can't we?', but... Fuck, Jeongie... The way she said it! It was almost like the entire building's temperature suddenly dropped into sub-zero!" I exclaimed with a big grin. Jeongyeon laughed. "I can imagine her doing that! Gosh, she's scary..." she said, shuddering from the imagination. "Well, then... In the end he agreed, and..."

Jeongyeon's phone buzzed, and she picked it up. She whooped loudly when she saw what's on screen.

"The article's up! Mission accomplished!" she exclaimed, showing her phone to me.

I took a glance, and she was right. The follow up article was released, with the photo of Jennie, Irene, Yeoni, and myself highlighting. The headline read: 'Kim-Kim Couple's Friendship with Red Velvet's Irene and Twice's Sana Makes Us Jealous!'. I cackled.

"Jealous my ass..." Jeongyeon uttered, but she grinned widely too. "All good, then?" "About Dispatch, yeah. But..." I paused, then I glanced at my girlfriend. She looked alarmed. "What is it, Sha?" she asked me. "Babe, what do you think about Ansel?" I asked her. Jeongyeon didn't need to think. "He's an asshole for taking advantage of Dubu's innocence and betraying Mina's love for him," she said vehemently, before turning to look at me, "What about him?" "I... I saw him walking into the Editor-in-Chief's office just when our lift door closed," I said.

Jeongyeon looked surprised.

"What? Why?" she asked. "He resigned from SM Entertainment after failing to land Mina and Momo's signatures, right? Mina told us that he's got a new job, remember? What if..." I said, but Jeongyeon gasped as she understood me. "What if he works for Naver now, and was the one who commissioned the article in the first place?" she completed my sentence. I shook my head. "No. The Editor-in-Chief engaged Hyejin back in November," I said. I had told Jeongyeon about the whole situation yesterday before she left. Jeongyeon nodded. "You're right... Ansel would still be busy wooing you three to join SM back then," she said. "Yeah. I do suspect that he does work for Naver now, but... Even more than that..."

My words trail off. Jeongyeon noticed this and stared at me. From her look, I could tell that she knew what was in my mind.

"You think... You think he works for Park Manse?" she asked me slowly. I sighed. "I mean... Lee Chunghee, one of Manse's gang of five from 2026 is Naver's director now... I told Suzy-unnie and Ji-eun-unnie about this, but they're unsure. They said we can't do anything until we prove that my suspicion is correct," I said rather frustratedly. Jeongyeon nodded. "And... We're going to the apartment now to talk with the girls about this?" she asked. I nodded. "Yeah. Dara-unnie gave an idea to bug Ansel's place, but nobody knows his place, right?" I said. "Nobody but Minari..." uttered Jeongyeon. "Nobody but her," I nodded.

Jeongyeon slumped in her seat and blew raspberries.

"Shit... That's one hell of an awkward talk you're going to have with Mina," she uttered. "That's why we need Chaeyoung's help," I said. She nodded.

I pulled over into Twice's apartment parking lot and parked my car before stepping out of it with Jeongyeon. We took the lift up to the 22nd floor, finding Jihyo and Minsoo waiting for us at the hallway. Their eyes lit up as soon as they saw Jeongyeon.

"Noona?! I thought you're in Suwon!" exclaimed Minsoo. Jeongyeon laughed. "I was... Until my girlfriend here video called me this morning looking all lonely and sad, so I took the first bus back here to comfort her!" she said, pulling me closer to her. I giggled and kissed her cheek. "Aw... That's so sweet!" claimed Jihyo. "Come on, let's wake Chaeyoung up!" I said, taking my keycard out of my bag.

We swiped and opened the door, but right when we were about to enter we heard the other lift dinged, and from it stepped out our adorable Unnie.

"JEONGIE?" Nayeon exclaimed loudly as she saw my girlfriend. "Ya! Stop shouting! We'll get complaints!" scolded Jeongyeon, but she laughed and hugged her tight. Nayeon looked super confused. "Wait. Did I miss the dates? It's still January 2nd, right?" she asked us. We laughed. "It is. I'm just back for the day because I missed Sana. I'll return home tomorrow," Jeongyeon said.

Nayeon chuckled and eyed Jeongyeon and I with a naughty look.

"Aigoo... This inseparable couple... Just get married already!" she exclaimed. I blushed red and giggled embarrassedly.

Nayeon trudged into the apartment and we followed her, happy to have Nayeon together with us. Jihyo and Minsoo went and returned to and from the bar to take out some drinks, while the rest of us settled in the living room. Minsoo smiled as he looked around the room and placed the soft drink cans on the living room table.

"Hey, um... Girls... Jihyo and I left for the IPG HQ a little early today so we didn't have breakfast yet. Have you guys eaten? Shall I make you one?" he offered us. I squealed. "Oh, yes, please! I mean... I've eaten but I can always eat more! I'm hungry!" I exclaimed excitedly. "But, Minsoo... You must have enough nutrition already, right? You must have drunk Jihyo's..." started Nayeon naughtily. Jihyo gasped. "YA!" yelled Jihyo, slapping her thigh, but her face was burning red, so I knew Nayeon was right.

Nayeon laughed maniacally, and we all joined her. Jeongyeon stood up and stared at Minsoo.

"I haven't eaten. Come on, Little Bro! Let me help you make breakfast!" she said happily, before adding in a stern manner, "And don't even try to stop me!"

Minsoo was indeed just about to stop her, but he relented as soon as his Noona told him so. I laughed. Our manager did feel like Jeongyeon's real little brother. The two walked to the kitchen, and it didn't take long before a delicious aroma filled the air, making me even hungrier.

Jihyo plopped herself on the sofa and distributed the soda, while I held Nayeon's hand.

"Where were you, Unnie? Did you go to church?" I asked her. She gave me her bunny smile. "Nah... Dubu's in Seongnam, and the Milk Couple went to IPG..." said Nayeon. Jihyo glared at her. "What did you just call us?" she cut her off. Nayeon giggled naughtily. "Milk Couple! It fits, don't you think?" she charged Jihyo confidently. Jihyo laughed and shook her head. "My gosh, Unnie," she said in defeat. Nayeon giggled and looked at me. "So... Where was I... Ah yes! My church friends were all not here, so I decided to just visit Tzu at the hospital," she said. I nodded. "How is she? How's Chuyoung-ssi?" I asked. Nayeon's eyes lit up. "Tzu's doing well, and she's extra happy because..." she paused for dramatic effect, "Chuyoung-oppa is awake!"

Jihyo and I gasped.

"Omo! Jinja?" asked Jihyo. "Really?! That's great! Tzuyu must be so happy!" I exclaimed. Nayeon nodded her head repeatedly. "Very happy. I've never seen her happier! I myself was shocked when I entered his ward and saw him sitting and smiling. He woke up last night," she informed us happily.

I smiled contentedly. That was great news indeed.

"Is he going to be discharged soon?" Jihyo asked. Nayeon thought for a moment. "Well, Tzuyu said the doctors are still going to do some tests on him, but... Yeah. He should be discharged soon," she said with a smile. "Gosh, I wish he'll be discharged soon. Tzu's been practically living in the hospital ever since, right?" I said. Nayeon chuckled and nodded. "Yeah... I've never seen her as dedicated to someone before," she said, smiling.

We slipped into a comfortable silence, thinking about our maknae. As far as I knew, Tzuyu had never fallen in love before this. Well, there was Nayeon of course, but it was more like my relationship with Dahyun as compared to mine with Jeongyeon. She must have actually fallen in love with Chuyoung to be as dedicated as she was.

"Hey, we really need to wake Chaeng up, right? It's almost 10!" Jihyo said suddenly, glancing at her watch. "Hm? Oh Chaeng's not here! She left before I did!" said Nayeon. Jihyo and I stared at her. "Eh? Where did she go?" asked Jihyo. "I..."

At that moment, the door opened, and we saw our Baby Tiger enter the apartment, humming a tune, looking happy. She gasped in surprise when she saw us.

"Oh? Sana-unnie! Jihyo-unnie! Annyeong!" she exclaimed cutely. "Hi Chaeng! Where did you go?" I asked her. "I thought you were still sleeping!" Jihyo said. Chaeyoung blushed. "Oh, I went to have breakfast with..." she uttered embarrassedly, absentmindedly touching the sun pendant that was on her neck. I understood immediately. "Ah..." Jihyo said, smiling. "Ah, right... Our table guy," I said. "'Breakfast'. I get it," said Nayeon naughtily, making an air quote with her fingers. Chaeyoung glared. "Ya! Unnie!" she protested, but then she giggled.

Jeongyeon entered the living room and waved at Chaeyoung. The girl gasped and ran to hug my girlfriend.

"Jeongyeon-unnie!" she exclaimed. "Before you ask: I was in Suwon, I came back earlier today because my girlfriend misses me, and I will return home tomorrow," Jeongyeon said. Chaeyoung laughed and nodded. "You two are so adorable," she said lovingly, looking at Jeongyeon and I. I smiled. "Chaeng, I really need to talk to you. Well, to all of us, really, but mostly to you," I said seriously.

Chaeyoung and Nayeon stared at me concernedly.

"What is it, Unnie?" asked Chaeyoung.

I was about to answer, but Jeongyeon raised her right hand to stop me.

"Hey. Let's talk over breakfast. Minsoo's finishing up. Come on!" she said, turning to walk into the kitchen again.

I giggled and stood up.

"Can't say no to that!" I said happily. "Come on, girls!"

Nayeon and Jihyo followed me to the kitchen. We sat down around the table as Minsoo and Jeongyeon brought the plates of kimchi fried rice from the kitchen set, complete with crispy fried eggs for each one of us. We all squealed happily.

"What did I do to deserve you, Minchu..." uttered Jihyo adoringly, hugging Minsoo's waist as he set the plate in front of her.

Nayeon choked on her drink and glared at our leader.

"My gosh... Get a room!" she complained. Jihyo glared at her, but Minsoo was the one who spoke, surprisingly. "Ya! You were the one who teased us the most before we got in a relationship! You should celebrate your success!" he snapped.

We all laughed and started eating, enjoying the delicious fried rice my girlfriend and Minsoo cooked for us, complimenting them profusely. As we ate, Chaeyoung looked up.

"Unnie, what is it you want to talk to us about?" she asked.

I ate my last spoonful of fried rice and wiped my mouth. I looked at Jihyo and she nodded, so I began. I started off recapping my meeting with Dispatch's Editor-in-Chief earlier. I told them how the Editor-in-Chief initially tried to blackmail us, but then Junhwan and Irene shut him down with their epic performances, and in the end the man was trembling in fear. Minsoo, Chaeyoung, and Nayeon enjoyed the last part so much they burst into laughter.

"Woah... Daebak..." said Minsoo, chuckling happily. "My gosh! I wished I could have seen that myself!" quipped Chaeyoung, laughing hard. "Ooh ooh ooh! I can imagine him trembling in front of Irene-unnie!" Nayeon exclaimed.

I smiled and chuckled, but there were more than just happy stories. Jihyo noticed this and raised her hand to calm the two girls down.

"Settle down, girls..." she said calmly, "What happened next, Sha?" "Then... We went outside and waited for the lift. As our lift came and we entered it, the other lift opened, and from it..." I said, before pausing. "... Ansel stepped out."

The mood changed instantly. Minsoo, Chaeyoung, and Nayeon gasped and stared at me with wide eyes.

"Ansel? But... But why?" Minsoo asked. I stared at him seriously. "Remember I told you that at the start of the meeting the Editor-in-Chief said that his superior was coming?" I asked them. They nodded, and Nayeon immediately put two and two together. "Sha, are you saying that... That he is the superior?" she asked me.

I nodded.

"I think so, and when I told the others, Irene-unnie agreed with me immediately. But then I told Suzy-unnie and Ji-eun-unnie... And they... Well, they're unsure," I said. "To give you context: Dispatch is owned by Naver, and remember Mina told us that Ansel has got a new job after resigning from SM Entertainment, right?" added Jihyo.

Chaeyoung and Nayeon nodded, but Minsoo raised his hand.

"But... Are we sure that Ansel is working for Naver now?" asked Minsoo. I stared at him. "To be honest, Minsoo... I... I even think that Ansel is working not just for Naver," I said. He raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" he asked me. Jeongyeon placed a hand on his shoulder. "Sha thinks... That Ansel might be working for... Park Manse," she said slowly.

The silence that fell afterwards was deafening. Everyone around the table exchanged concerned glances with everyone else. We didn't say anything, we didn't have any proof to that claim, but somehow I knew that everyone agreed with me. Nayeon looked up and stared at me.

"Sha, do you think..."

She didn't finish her question, but I knew what she was about to ask. I nodded.

"Yes, Unnie... I think he was the one who drove that car last week," I said. "But... How can we prove that?" Nayeon asked. I looked at Jihyo and she nodded. "Earlier... Sandara-unnie had an idea. She said we should plant a bug in Ansel's apartment to find evidence of his involvement with Manse," she said. Chaeyoung gasped. "C–Can you guys actually do that? I mean..." she asked before adding in a hushed voice, "Isn't that illegal?"

Jihyo, Nayeon, and I–the three IPG members–exchanged glances.

"Well, Dara-unnie said it in front of a police detective, and the detective didn't say anything, so..." Jihyo said while shrugging.

Chaeyoung stared at her for a few moments, but then she shrugged, as I would expect of our Baby Tiger. I stared at her intently.

"Chaeng, this is where you come in. We all agreed with Dara-unnie, but then there's a problem: Nobody knows Ansel's place. Nobody..." I teed her, and she understood. "... Nobody but Mina-unnie," she completed my sentence. I nodded. "We need your help to talk to Mina," I spelled it out.

We fell into another silence, staring at each other again. Minsoo jittered uncomfortably in his seat, looking anxious.

"Sha, that's.... That's going to be... Really awkward. You know how much Mina loves Ansel, right?" he said. I nodded. "That's why I need Chaeyoung's help to talk to Mina," I said, before staring back at the pink haired rapper.

Chaeyoung met my gaze and thought for a moment, but then she scoffed.

"Unnie... You know I can't just come and talk to Mina-unnie like that... What do you expect me to say to her? 'Unnie, we suspect that your boyfriend is a traitor that works for the biggest sexual offender throughout the history of K-pop'? Come on, Unnie. I'm close with her, but... Even I can't do that," she asked me incredulously. "She's right, Sha... This might turn into another Tzuyu situation," uttered Nayeon slowly.

She was right. They were right. This was a very tricky situation. How should we do it?

"There must be a way," uttered Jeongyeon, furrowing her brow, thinking hard.

Jihyo lifted her eyes and stared at Chaeyoung.

"Chaeng... Why not ask her directly?" she asked. Chaeyoung glared at her. "Come on, Unnie! You know why not! She'll get angry, of course! What would you do if we came to you and accused Minsoo-Oppa as a bad guy? Would you believe us?" Chaeyoung exclaimed, but Jihyo kept her big eyes locked on Chaeyoung.

Jihyo was about to retort, but suddenly, Minsoo understood what his girlfriend was implying and his eyes lit up. He looked at Chaeyoung intently.

"Chaeng... B–But we're not accusing anyone of anything, right? You won't come to Mina saying that Ansel is a bad guy. You're simply asking her help to prove that Sana's suspicion is wrong," he said slowly.

Chaeyoung turned to stare at our manager. She had made a solid point, and everything she said was right, but Minsoo and Jihyo were also right. It was only a matter of which point of view we were going to choose. Finally, Chaeyoung looked up to the ceilings.

"Yeah, you're... You're right, Oppa..." she uttered, "... But it's still going to be one hell of an awkward talk..."

Jeongyeon grabbed my hand gently. I stared at her.

"Sha, are you really going to risk angering Mina by doing this? We literally just got back together after almost being broken apart by the whole contract situation, and now..." she said, but I shook my head. "I know it's a huge gamble, Honey... But... We have no other choice, haven't we?" I asked her back. She shook her head. "You're right..." she whispered.

We all looked at each other silently. The general feeling was unease, but they all knew I was right. We had no other option. Sighing, Chaeyoung looked at me.

"When do you want me to talk to her, Unnie?" she asked. "As soon as possible. If Ansel does work for Manse and his intention in coming to Dispatch's office earlier was indeed related to the whole Yeoni-Irene situation, then the Editor-in-Chief's decision to release a follow up article would not sit well with Manse. We need to find out what they are actually planning to do, so we can come up with a countermeasure before everything's too late," I said. "Manse might be planning to retaliate after failing to break us apart with the whole contract situation, so we need to be ready. Whatever it is, it can't be good," said Nayeon.

Chaeyoung nodded and looked at me.

"What about lunch today? Mina-unnie and I have been planning to have a lunch date for quite some time but haven't been able to do so, so... I can use that as an excuse to meet her," she said. I smiled and nodded. "That's a great idea, Chaeng! Lunch today it is," I said. "Are we all coming to meet her?" asked Minsoo. I shook my head. "No, Minsoo. We need to make her feel as comfortable and unsuspecting as possible. All of us coming together will scare her," I said. Minsoo nodded. "We can all visit Tzuyu and Chuyoung while Chaeng meets Mina," said Nayeon. I was about to agree with her, but Chaeyoung shook her head. "Sana-unnie... Why don't you come with me? Ansel is your friend too. I think I can get the point across more easily with you there to back me up," she said.

I thought for a moment before nodding.

"Alright. I'll come with you. Just pick a place with her," I said. Chaeyoung smiled and took out her phone, texting Mina.

Jihyo sighed and stood from the table.

"Right. That's that, then. Sana and Chaeng will talk with Mina, the rest of us... Unnie, does the offer still stand?" she asked Nayeon. Our unnie smiled her bunny smile and nodded. "Of course! Don't you all want to meet our maknae's boyfriend in a positive way for the first time? The last time we all met him I almost choked him to death!" Nayeon said while giggling. "You said it like you don't periodically strangle someone half to death whenever you're drunk, Nabong..." uttered Jeongyeon.

Nayeon gasped and slapped Jeongyeon's back, blushing as red as an apple. Jihyo, Chaeyoung, and I laughed, knowing full well what Jeongyeon meant, but Minsoo looked around confusedly. Of course, he had yet to meet Dominatrix Nabong. Long may it continue.

Chaeyoung's phone vibrated, and she opened it. She smiled and looked up at me.

"She's agreed to meet us for lunch, Unnie. She'd picked the place too near her house," she informed me. I nodded and smiled. "Alright! Let's go now!" I exclaimed excitedly, clapping my hands.

We all stood, cleaned up our empty plates, and then walked out of the apartment unit together. We rode the lift in silence down to the parking lot, and we walked to two different cars. Jeongyeon, Nayeon, Jihyo, and Minsoo were taking the TWD van to visit Tzuyu and Chuyoung at the hospital, while Chaeyoung and I took my car to the restaurant Mina picked near her place in Samjeon-dong.

"Say hi to Tzu and Chuyoung, okay?" I told Jeongyeon. She nodded and kissed my cheek. "Good luck, Sha. I'll see you later," she said. I kissed her cheek, and we separated.

I entered my car with Chaeyoung and started driving to Samjeon. It was Sunday, so the traffic was scarce, and we reached the restaurant with a lot of time to spare.

"We still have about 30 minutes. You wanna check out that shop while we wait?" Chaeyoung pointed to a small shop next to the restaurant. I nodded. "Yeah! Let's go," I said happily.

We exited the car and entered the shop, which was selling cute handmade ceramic household items and utensils. After browsing through the items for a while, I decided to purchase a beautiful tea set, uniquely coloured black, pink, and gold. Chaeyoung chuckled.

"Aww... That's so cute! For your new place with Jeongie-unnie?" she assumed, but I shook my head. "No. For Jisoo-unnie and Yeoni-oppa," I told her while smiling. She gasped. "Oh, that's right! Their birthday is tomorrow, right?" she exclaimed. I giggled and nodded. "It suits them, don't you think?" I asked her. Chaeyoung nodded. "Yup! Blackpink!" she agreed.

The owner of the shop wrapped the gift nicely in a box, and we left the shop to enter the restaurant next door. We were surprised to see an elegant Japanese lady sitting in one of the booths, busily playing a mobile game on her phone. Chaeyoung and I chuckled.

"When is she going to stop playing video games," said the rapper. I giggled. "Nah, she doesn't have to stop. She looks cute when she's engrossed like that," I mused.

Chaeyoung tugged my sleeve and I looked at her.

"Unnie... How... How are we supposed to talk to her?" she said anxiously. I thought for a moment. "As slowly as possible. Let's not alarm her right from the get go," I said. Chaeyoung nodded. "You ready?" I asked her. "Yeah. Let's... Let's do this."

We walked to Mina's booth and sat on her either sides. She looked up for a second and noticed us, but then went straight back to her game.

"Hang on, girls. I'm almost finished..." she mumbled.

I took a peek at her phone, and she was indeed almost finished. The enemy base was crumbling under her attacks, and soon the word 'VICTORY' flashed on her screen, making Mina pump her fist in the air in delight. I laughed.

"Gosh, Minari... You're always so elegant and sophisticated... But then you play your games, and..." I said. Mina giggled and blushed. "I know, I know... I turn into an obsessed gamer girl," she said softly, then rested her head on my shoulder and looked at Chaeyoung, "Hi, Sha... Hi, Chaeng..."

I hugged her head and brushed her smooth black hair. Mina was always so delicate. I was starting to worry if we could actually say what we needed to say to her without breaking her heart.

"Hey, let's order food! I'm hungry!" said Chaeyoung. "Ya! You just had kimchi fried rice not two hours ago!" I exclaimed. Chaeyoung laughed. "Two hours ago, Unnie! I can eat more!" she shot back without missing a beat.

Mina and I laughed, and we called the waitress to take our orders. It was an Italian restaurant, so we ordered pizza and pasta. Mina insisted on ordering a bowl of salad too to balance out our diet, so we agreed with her. I figured alcohol might help Mina to talk more freely, so I ordered a bottle of white wine to complement our food. After the waitress took our orders and left, Mina placed her hands gently on the table and looked at me.

"Sha! I saw from the group chat that Jeongyeon-unnie returned for today! Why are you not spending time with her?" she asked me. I chuckled. "Oh, don't worry, Mina... I'm joining her in Suwon this time," I said. Mina giggled. "Can't be separated for too long, can we?" she asked gently. I nodded and smiled. "Tried and failed," I sighed.

Mina looked at Chaeyoung and reached to grab her hand.

"I'm sorry I haven't spent as much time as usual with you guys these days..." she said apologetically. Chaeyoung shook her head. "It's alright, Unnie. We understand. I too spend a lot of time with Yori these days, right?" she said. "And it's our holiday too! We have no schedule until next week, so we can use a little time away from each other for our private lives. Speaking of... Are you not returning to Kobe?" I asked her. Mina shook her head. "No. I returned last summer, remember? My parents and oniisan are usually busy around the new years, so... I think I'll just be here for now... Enjoying my time with Ansel," she said with a dreamy look.

Chaeyoung and I exchanged awkward glances. Shit. Mina was evidently absolutely adoring Ansel. How were we supposed to break it down to her? I thought hard for a second, then I spoke.

"Ah, yes... Where's our handsome friend?" I asked Mina, deciding to ease in slowly. Mina chuckled. "Oh he's working," she said slowly, "He's busy in his new place I guess... He left early yesterday too. But... Well, I guess it's expected. He got an associate director position."

Chaeyoung stole a glance at me before asking.

"Oh? That's great! Where does he work now, Unnie? Do you know?" she asked her carefully. Mina thought for a moment but shook her head. "Hm... He only told me it's a big tech company. I'm not sure which one, though. I'll ask him tonight!" said Mina cheerfully.

I stared at Chaeyoung and she met my gaze, nodding very, very slightly, signaling that she understood too. A big tech company. Naver was a big tech company. We were on the right track.

The waitress came back with our food, and I decided we should just eat first without talking about Ansel. We needed to be really, really careful about this, lest we alarm Mina and make her put up her defenses. So far, Mina seemed to be in a cheerful mood, and we needed to maintain this for as long as we could.

As we scooped the last bits of our pasta and sipped our wine, Mina wiped her mouth with the napkin and stared at me. I looked up and smiled.

"What is it?" I asked her. She chuckled. "Shouldn't I be the one asking?" she asked me directly. I gulped. "W–What do you mean?" I asked her nervously. Chaeyoung was jittering in her seat.

Mina giggled softly and reached for my hand. She grabbed it gently, while staring directly at my eyes.

"Sha... We've been best friends for years. I know you won't miss the chance to spend some time with Jeongyeon-unnie, especially when she returned to Seoul just because you missed her so much. And yet, you're here, eating lunch with Chaeyoung and I. You must have something important to say to me. Something even more important than hanging out with your girlfriend," she explained eloquently.

Shit. She knew. Of course she knew. Chaeyoung was looking really uncomfortable in her chair. She looked at Mina and I, looking so unsure of what to do. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Very well. Straight to the point, then.

"Y–Yeah... Yeah, Mina," I uttered, chuckling. "Shit you blew my cover..."

Mina giggled and grabbed my hand tighter.

"Will I make a good IPG member?" she asked me jokingly. I laughed. "You'd make an excellent spy, Mina. IU-unnie would love working with you," I said truthfully. "I was thinking more about joining the Care Team. Gosh, they were so good when they treated us last week after the incident," she said, remembering how Seungyeon's team cared for them.

I smiled and nodded. Mina would make a great Care Team member. I stared at her, and I realised that sadness had filled my heart. I realised I did not want to break this girl's heart. She was my friend, my best friend, and she was one of the kindest souls I've ever known. Mina saw the look in my eyes and was alarmed.

"Sha... What's wrong?" she asked me concernedly.

I opened my mouth to start speaking, but no words came out. Instead, I felt tears start filling my eyes. How could I say anything about this without breaking her heart? No matter from which perspective we were looking at this, Ansel was still Mina's boyfriend, and I knew she loved him deeply. I glanced at Chaeyoung, and she knew I needed her to speak. She nodded and grabbed Mina's arm gently.

"Unnie... I... I think I'll help Sana-unnie to tell you," she said.

Mina turned to look at Chaeyoung.

"What is it, Chaeng?" she asked her confusedly. Chaeyoung paused for a moment, but then she spoke. "Unnie... You know Sana-unnie went to Dispatch earlier with Yeoni-oppa, Jennie-unnie, and Irene-unnie, right?" she started. Mina gasped. "Oh, yes! Oh my gosh... How did it go, Sha? B–But... But they released the follow up article, right? And it was in your favor! Did something happen?" she asked me panickedly. I shook my head. "No, no, Mina... It went well. It went really well," I uttered, wiping my tears. "Then... Then what's wrong?" she asked us again. I cleared my throat.

"The... The Editor-in-Chief initially told us that he didn't have much time for us, that a superior of his was coming to meet him soon. He's one of the highest ranking employees of the company, so his superior could only either be the CEO of Dispatch, or someone from their parent company," I explained. "Parent company? That's..." Mina uttered. "Naver. A big tech company," Chaeyoung said cautiously.

Mina stared at her. I knew she started to understand where the conversation was going. I grabbed her hand gently.

"Mina... I... When the others and I were about to leave in one lift, the other lift opened, and... And..."

I paused, trying to find a way to break it down to her in the softest way possible. Mina stared directly into my eyes. Shit. I had no other option.

"And... Ansel stepped out, walking into the Editor-in-Chief's office," I finally said.

Mina didn't say anything. She only stared at me blankly. I felt her hand grow colder. Chaeyoung grabbed her other hand gently. Slowly, Mina opened her mouth.

"Are... Are you sure that was him, Sha?" she asked me, almost whispering. I nodded. "I only saw him from behind. Brown coat, purple scarf. Did he wear those when he left today?" I asked her. She nodded, looking more and more pale.

We fell into an uncomfortable silence, unsure of what to do or say next. Slowly, Mina looked at me again.

"Sha, but... What's the problem if he works for Naver? I mean... Other than the fact that his company almost destroyed Irene-unnie and the Kim-Kim Couple's lives... M–Maybe Ansel didn't know about this before he joined, right?" she asked me frantically. I nodded. "I agree... You might be right. But, the thing is... Mina, one of Naver's directors, is Lee Chunghee," I said slowly. "Lee Chunghee? Who's Lee Chunghee?" asked Mina confusedly. "He's... He's an ex-YG director. He's one of the five members of Park Manse's gang from last year," I said.

Mina turned completely pale. She understood what I was implying, and she looked at me with horror in her eyes. She pulled her hands from ours, looking terrified. Chaeyoung reached to hug her shoulder, calming her down, but Mina was practically shaking.

"No... No, Sha. No. He... He didn't know. He doesn't know that. He just returned here late last year, right? Ansel won't know about what happened in 2026... Trust me, Sha. He's not... He's not a... A bad guy," defended Mina, on the verge of tears.

My heart broke seeing Mina defend Ansel like this. I teared up, and Chaeyoung did too, but I saw that the Baby Tiger had more resolve in her eyes compared to me. She leaned in to whisper in Mina's ear.

"Unnie... Nobody is saying that Ansel's a bad guy..." she whispered kindly. "I–I know... But... But if Ansel is... Is in Naver, and... And Chunghee-ssi... I'm... He must have not known, right? He..." Mina frantically and desperately tried to find an excuse for her boyfriend.

I reached to hold Mina's trembling hands. She looked up, and I saw her beautiful eyes were already brimming with tears. I stared at her, thinking hard to find a way to say what I needed to say to her. Finally, I decided to play along with her.

"Minari... I agree with you. Ansel might not have known. But... But if he is indeed working in Naver under Chunghee, he might have some useful information about Park Manse's whereabouts. You know the police have released an APB for Park Manse and his one other associate driving the getaway car, right? Ansel can help us find them!" I said, trying to sound as gentle as possible.

Mina didn't say anything. She closed her eyes and leaned in to Chaeyoung, who hugged her tighter. She looked so heartbroken. I squeezed her hands gently.

"Mina, Ansel is my friend too. I don't think that he's a bad guy, but he could be used by Chunghee and Manse without him knowing about it. If that's really the case... Don't you think we need to save him? Please, Mina... The IPG needs your help. I need your help," I pleaded.

Mina slowly lifted her head, and I knew my words made sense to her. Chaeyoung offered her a clean napkin to wipe her tears, and she did so slowly, before staring back at me.

"W–What... What are you planning to do, Sha? Do... Do you want me to set you two up for a meeting?" she asked me. I shook my head. "No, Mina. He hasn't even told his girlfriend directly about his workplace, so there must be a reason for it. I... I need you to maybe... Slowly ask him where he works, just to confirm," I told her.

I anxiously waited for her response. Thankfully, she nodded slowly.

"Okay... I can do that. I'm curious too. I haven't really been asking him about it either. I'll ask him when we have dinner tonight," she said, sounding a lot calmer. "I'll tell you after I ask him."

I smiled, but I shook my head. I took out my old Nokia phone from my bag, the IPG issued phone, and gave it to her.

"You don't need to. Turn this on when you're with Ansel, and we can hear your conversation," I said. Mina gasped. "W–Woah. You guys can do that?" she asked in amazement. I nodded. "It's all IU-unnie," I said. Chaeyoung chuckled. "I am still amazed by what the IPG can do..." she mused.

Mina nodded and pocketed the phone, then she looked up at me again.

"Is there anything else I needed to do to help you, Sha?" she asked me kindly.

I thought for a moment. The first part went smoothly. The second was a little more difficult, but I had to try. She was open to help us anyway.

"You said you're going to have dinner with him tonight, right?" I asked. She nodded. "Yeah. He said he wants to cook dinner for me at my place later. Why?" Mina asked. Fuck that guy was smooth. "I... Well, the IPG... We want to plant a... A... Listening device... in his apartment... If you agree to it," I stuttered. Mina's eyes widened. "What? H–How... Are you allowed to do that?" she asked me. I nodded. "Moon Hyejin-ssi... The detective who took up our case last week, agreed to it," I said.

Mina still stared at me in disbelief.

"I... I don't know... If that's... Wise, Sha... W–Why would the IPG want to do that?" she whispered. I thought of a way to answer her, but Chaeyoung spoke. "To make sure that Sana-unnie's suspicion is wrong, that even if Ansel does work for Naver, he does so without any involvement with Park Manse," she said confidently.

I looked at Chaeyoung. This girl would also make a great IPG member with her bravery and confidence. Maybe she could join Irene's Strike Force? Maybe her boyfriend had taught her a thing or two about swordsmanship?

"She's right, Minari. Let's prove me wrong," I said, nodding to Chaeyoung to thank her.

Slowly, Mina nodded. I knew I had made the right choice by bringing Chaeyoung along. She could convince Mina way easier than I ever could.

"Okay. You're right. Do you.. Do you know his address?" she asked me. I shook my head. "I don't know. That's why I'm meeting you," I told her. She smiled weakly. "He lives in Seocho-gu. I'll text you his address," she said.

I smiled and grabbed Mina's hands tighter. Slowly, Mina smiled her gummy smile and scoffed, looking down and shaking her head.

"Gosh... I thought we're all singers... Why do I feel like I'm in an espionage movie right now..." she uttered. Chaeyoung hugged her tighter and kissed her cheek. "Let's not join Sana-unnie's world of secret agents just yet, Unnie. Let's stay singers for now," she said cutely.

Mina giggled and nodded, lifting her head to look straight at me.

"Whatever you're trying to do, Sha... Just... Be careful," she said kindly. I nodded and smiled. "Thank you for trusting me, Minari..." I whispered. Her gummy smile grew wider. "What are you saying? You're my best friend! Of course I trust you!" she said with a chuckle.

I laughed and reached to hug her. Mina hugged back warmly, and I felt that she hugged me a little tighter today, as if she didn't want to let me go. I brushed her black hair one more time, before kissing the crown of her head gently. She giggled.

"Ya... Don't kiss me. Jeongie-unnie and Dubu will be jealous," she whispered. I laughed. "Ya! Why did you allow Chaeng to kiss you, then? Won't Yori get jealous too?" I complained. Mina giggled again. "Y–You know... It... It's a different story with Chaeng..." she uttered shyly.

I gasped and looked at Chaeyoung, who had blushed red and looked away, smiling embarrassedly. Oh gosh. So they were still into it after all these years? After both of them had their own boyfriends? These girls were so cute!

We stood up and said our goodbyes to Mina, who smiled wide and wished us luck. Chaeyoung and I returned to my car and entered. I felt my phone vibrate, and when I took it out, I saw that Mina had texted me Ansel's address in Seocho.

"You got the address?" Chaeyoung asked me. I nodded. "Yup. Now... There's one more thing to do," I uttered.

I pressed a few buttons on my car's dashboard monitor, and soon a secure connection was made to the IPG headquarters. A second later, the faces of IU, Dara, Rosé, and Lisa appeared. Chaeyoung gasped.

"O–omo!" she whispered in surprise, not expecting to see everyone so suddenly. "Hi Unnie! Oh, my! We have my fellow rapper here! Wazzup, Cub?" asked Lisa coolly. Chaeyoung laughed and waved to the Blackpink rapper. "H–Hi, Unnie!" Chaeyoung greeted her awkwardly. "Lisa? Rosie? I thought you were looking after Jisoo-unnie!" I said. The two Blackpink girls chuckled. "We were... But then Irene-unnie and Jennie-unnie came after your success in Dispatch! So... We figured why not visit IU-unnie in the HQ. We had just arrived when your call came!" said Rosé. "So... What is it, Sana? Have you met with Mina?" asked Dara. I nodded. "Yes, that's why I have Chaeng here with me. She's agreed to help us confirm with Ansel about whether or not he's working in Naver. I've given the listening device to her, and she has told us Ansel's address," I informed her. IU and Dara nodded. "Send me the address now," said the Spymaster. "Hold on," I said, working on my phone.

A second later, IU received the address and showed it on screen. Lisa's eyes widened immediately when she saw it.

"Unnie! That... Is that Ansel's address?" she asked. I nodded. "Y–Yeah.. What's wrong, Lisa?" I asked her. She chuckled. "Nothing's wrong! It's just that it turns out I have been living one floor above a hunky handsome black dude this entire time!" she exclaimed naughtily.

Dara, IU, Rosé, Chaeyoung, and I all gasped.

"W–What the fuck? Are you serious?!" asked Rosé. Lisa nodded happily. "Yup! Same apartment, same tower, just different floors," she said, smiling wide.

Dara and IU looked at each other and smiled, before turning to look at Lisa.

"Well... I guess we know who to send to plant the bugs tonight, then!" IU said. Lisa gasped. "Omo... Really? My first field mission? Shiittt.... This is gonna be fuuunn!" she exclaimed excitedly.

I laughed. How could she be so excited for something so dangerous? IU and Dara laughed too, but the former slapped the Thai girl's head gently.

"Ya. Stop thinking that this is a game! It could be dangerous, you know!" she scolded her. Lisa giggled while rubbing her head. "Nee... Joesonghamnida..." she apologized cutely. IU chuckled. "Sha, when do you think we should plant the bug? Is there a way to distract Ansel?" Dara asked. I shook my head and smiled. "No need. Ansel is having dinner with Mina at her place tonight. I'll ask Mina to tell me when he arrives, and Lisa can move out immediately," I said. Dara nodded.

Suddenly, a question came to my mind.

"The bug... Is it difficult to set up?" I asked them. Rosé shook her head. "It's pretty simple, really, but she needs to align the connection right so we can receive the signal from here. Can... Can you really do it, Lili?" asked Rosé, sounding unsure. Lisa jokingly acted like she was hurt. "Omo... Rosie... I'm hurt. Of course I can do it!" she said confidently.

I saw Dara place her hand on IU's shoulder.

"I think we should send in someone from the Strike Force to go with Lisa, though, Ji-eun. Just to be safe. You never know what might come..." she said slowly. IU nodded. "You're right. Maybe send... Jennie? It won't look suspicious if Jennie and Lisa are to be seen in her apartment complex," IU said, but Lisa and Rosé shook their heads. "No, Unnie. Jennie-unnie is looking after Jisoo-unnie, right?" said Rosé. "Ah, yes... Seulgi then? Or Joy?" proposed Dara, but Lisa smiled wide and shook her head. "Just send Yeoni!" she exclaimed.

We all looked at her confusedly, but she raised her hands to stop us from interjecting.

"Hang on, hang on... Yeoni had come here a few times before, so nobody would suspect anything. Also... I'm not saying that Seulgi-unnie or Joy-unnie are weak, but if it's Ansel we're talking about, then isn't a man better to protect me?" she made her point.

Lisa made sense, so we all nodded.

"Alright. Let's have Yeoni and Lisa plant the bug tonight!" said Dara, smiling excitedly. "I'll text Yeongyeong now," said Lisa.

IU looked at me through the screen.

"Sha, Suzy is still busy filming her drama in Jeju. Do you want to come here to help us oversee everything? There will be two different operations going live almost at the same time, so we might need all hands on deck. I'm calling Jihyo, Hyejin, Yeri, and Wendy too," she said. I nodded. "As long as I can bring Jeongie with me," I said. IU smiled and nodded. "Do bring her! It'll be fun to see her meet with Hyejin. They do look alike, right?" she said.

I laughed and nodded, ending the call. As I started my car and drove away, Chaeyoung looked at me.

"Unnie, can I... Can I come too?" she asked. I laughed. She was so cute. "Yeah! Why not. It'll be fun! Well... Not actually fun, but... You know..." I said.

Chaeyoung chuckled, but then she sighed and stared out of the windshield into the road, playing with her sun pendant again.

"Gosh, Unnie... I really hope you're wrong about Ansel..." she uttered. I nodded. "I hope so too, Chaeng... I really hope so."

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