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#i think he got better shots than haknyeon actually >.<
depressedhouseplant · 1 month
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🔞 Cops & Robbers 🔞
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Chapter 10
Tags: Mentions of torture, thirst traps
A/N: This is where I stalled out last summer BUT thanks to my astrologer (I say that like she’s my personal astrologer. She’s not, but I love her to bits & never hesitate to renew my sub to her Patreon every year. If you want her info DM me but ANYWAY) I’ve gotten back on track. I can’t promise I’ll have the next chapter done by next week but that’s my goal. Yet again, I apologize to Stays
Juyeon couldn’t stop pacing while Haknyeon was in the room with Changbin.
“Would you stop that? You’re making me anxious,” Hyunjae said.
“It’s been two hours,” Juyeon said.
“And? You said you wanted a hands on approach. Hak takes his time. You know that,” Hyunjae pointed out.
“I know,” Juyeon raked his fingers through his hair.
“What’s got you so worked up? Younghoon is literally two floors away with Changmin and Eric in between him and the door. He’s fine,” Hyunjae gave him a look.
“Knowing he shot someone’s knees out is a little unnerving. I never thought he was capable of something like that,” Juyeon admitted.
“The Younghoon you’ve known hadn’t had that level of violence inflicted on him. You two never actually intended to do serious harm to each other. A couple nicks and bruises was enough to sell the fact you were on opposite sides. Hell, that cut on your collarbone didn’t even need stitches,” the other man said.
“I guess you’re right,” Juyeon sighed.
“I know I’m right,” Hyunjae grinned. Juyeon’s phone beeped with a security notification. He opened it to see Wooyoung waving at the camera.
“What the hell?” he said. Changmin and Eric were waiting by the door with their hands on their guns.
“It’s fine. It’s just Woo,” Juyeon told them. They nodded and backed off.
“To what do I owe the pleasure?” he asked when he opened the door and let Wooyoung in.
“I’m here to personally invite you to the annual criminal gala hosted by our fine mayor,” Wooyoung handed him an invitation.
“Thanks for the personal service,” Juyeon rolled his eyes.
“Anything for one of my oldest friends,” he replied.
“What is it?” Juyeon asked after a long pause.
“What do you mean?” Wooyoung tried to look innocent and failed.
“You could’ve mailed this or asked me to come to you. What’s going on?” Juyeon stared at him.
“I saw the list of invitees. There’s a lot of pros on there and also a few names I’d flagged previously based on what I knew about Younghoon’s situation,” his friend told him.
“Any names you care to share?” Juyeon leaned against the doorframe.
“Minho and Hyunjin are listed as ‘personal guests’ of the mayor. Felix Lee is also on there. I flagged him after you took it upon yourself to find the other two,” Wooyoung sat down and looked up at his friend.
“You think they have something to do with this?” Juyeon watched Changmin and Eric shift out of the corner of his eye. He waved them off toward the stairs.
“I’m almost certain Felix does. I mention the other two as a courtesy,” he replied.
“Because you know I was sleeping with Minho for almost a year?” Juyeon prompted.
“We both know you were only doing it to piss off Younghoon. You might want to ask Younghoon about his relationship with Hyunjin, though,” Wooyoung told him.
“You think he was sleeping with a hooker?” Juyeon raised an eyebrow.
“I think Chanhee wasn’t the only significant relationship in Younghoon’s life for the past five years,” the other man replied. Juyeon sighed and sat down.
“What if he did?” The question was directed at the air more than anything else.
“Then you two have something else in common,” Wooyoung supplied.
“I told him that I love him,” Juyeon confessed. “Right after he shot someone’s knees out.”
“How romantic,” Wooyoung teased. Juyeon smacked his friend’s shoulder.
“Like you did any better,” he said.
“San said it first please and thank you,” Wooyoung replied. Juyeon’s phone buzzed.
Hyunjae: He’s done
“I’m needed elsewhere,” Juyeon said.
“I should get back too,” Wooyoung stood up. He stopped when he got to the door.
“Juyeon?”
“Yeah?”
“Don’t get caught this year,” his friend said. Juyeon rolled his eyes.
“Bye Woo,”
“See you soon,” Wooyoung waved over his shoulder as he left.
Hak was cleaning off a set of small knives when Juyeon got back downstairs.
“Anything?” he asked.
“Nothing we didn’t already know. Though he was surprised that Younghoon actually shot him in the knees. Made my job a little less fun, but he still has all of his appendages and facial structures,” Hak replied, not turning his attention away from cleaning.
“He doesn’t know who ordered the kidnapping?” Juyeon clarified.
“Not a clue. I haven’t broken it to him that his coworker unfortunately passed away a few days ago,” the other man looked up.
“How do you think that’ll help?” Juyeon questioned.
“Seemed to work pretty well on Younghoon, so I thought I’d give it a try later,” Hak smiled. Juyeon felt his hackles go up. He knew Hak didn’t mean anything by it, but that didn’t stop him from getting defensive.
“Do what needs to be done, but leave him alive,” Juyeon said.
“How long?” Hak asked.
“I’d say until you get bored, but I know you too well for that. If you don’t get anything useful in the next 48 hours, dump him in the alley where the other one was,” Juyeon told him.
“Sounds good to me,” Hak smirked.
Younghoon was almost wishing he didn’t have a phone with better reception. Juyeon had to leave the house earlier and he kept texting him. It was either that or Hyunjae sending links to dog outfits. Bori was dressed in a tutu today. He sighed when his phone went off for the fourth time in an hour.
Younghoon opened the message to a picture of Hyunjin. The other man was on his knees on a bed, bangs in his eyes, robe hanging open, and his half hard cock in his hand. Younghoon nearly dropped the phone. This was becoming a theme with Hyunjin’s messages.
Younghoon: Did you mean to send that to me???
Hyunjin: Yes. I wanted your opinion. Too slutty?
Younghoon: YOU LITERALLY HAVE YOUR DICK IN YOUR HAND
Hyunjin: My new client likes getting thirst traps but classy
Younghoon: Classy thirst trap? WTF?
The phone rang signaling a video call.
“I swear to god Hwang Hyunjin if you show me your cock…” Younghoon began. The blond huffed as he propped up the phone.
“Firstly, it’s not like you’ve never seen it before. Secondly, yes a thirst trap can be classy. Do you have any idea how much this robe cost?” Hyunjin replied. “I’m under a lot of pressure here. I need a second opinion.”
“Fine,” Younghoon sighed. “Did you have other ideas that didn’t involve full frontal?”
“I’ve got about 15 different sets of lingerie, but you think I should cover up?” Hyunjin had tied the robe and was rifling through his closet.
“I think a boner in lace panties would make a better impression. Maybe your hands over your head or something. You’ve got the abs for it,”Younghoon told him. Hyunjin considered what Younghoon said.
“Color?” he asked.
“This isn’t a BDSM session last time I checked,” Younghoon said.
“The panties you asshole,” Hyunjin glared as Younghoon cackled.
“White? Ivory? Light pink? Something cute and virginal,” Younghoon suggested.
“Virginal? Seriously?” Hyunjin snorted.
“I’m just saying if I was paying a shitton of money for naughty pictures of an escort that looks like you, I’d want something cute sexy not hot sexy,” Younghoon told him.
“Are you saying I’m pretty?” Hyunjin teased.
“I’m saying you know you’re pretty,” Younghoon replied.
“You shouldn’t be flirting with someone when you’re in a relationship,” Hyunjin grinned as he pulled a pair of ivory lace panties out of the dresser.
“And you shouldn’t be sending thirst traps to someone in a relationship,” Younghoon retorted.
“I have it on good authority that Minho gets Juyeon’s opinion on his scandalous snaps,” Hyunjin observed as he touched up his mascara.
“Seriously?” Younghoon gave him a look.
“You know what they say about no honor among thieves? There are no secrets among whores,” Hyunjin grinned at the camera.
“Can I ask you something?” Younghoon asked.
“Sure,” Hyunjin went back to touching up his makeup.
“If you knew something about what happened to me, you’d tell me, right?” he ventured. Hyunjin looked back at the camera.
“Of course,” he replied. “Why?”
“I think the two people they found are low level thugs. One of them was already dead when they found him. I thought maybe if you’re in a different circle now, you might hear things,” Younghoon told him.
“Do you know the names of who they found?” Hyunjin asked.
“Jisung and Changbin. I know Jisung is the dead one and I might or might not have shot Changbin’s kneecaps out,” Younghoon said. Hyunjin’s eyes went wide.
“You did what?!”
“It wasn’t nearly as cathartic as I thought it would be,” Younghoon sighed.
“Jesus, Younghoon. What happened to you?” the other man stared.
“I can give you a list of my injuries if you want,” he replied.
“That’s not what I meant,” Hyunjin said.
“I’m not the person you knew anymore. I’ll never be him again,” Younghoon explained.
“I’m sorry. I promise if I hear anything I’ll tell you,” Hyunjin replied.
“Thank you,”
“Anyway, I’m gonna go take a few thirst traps. Should I send them to you for review first?” Hyunjin changed the subject.
“I think you’ll be fine without my help,” he smiled a little.
“Bye Hoonie,”
“Bye Jinnie,”
“I’m here to determine if you’re fit for going out in public,” Kevin announced when he walked into Younghoon and Juyeon’s room two days later.
“I’m hoping this is the last time I’ll see you for a while,” Younghoon sat on the bed and Bori hopped up beside him.
“You and me both,” Kevin agreed as he examined Younghoon’s face. “Not that I don’t like you.”
“It just means Juyeon has calmed down a little,” Younghoon observed. “How’d you meet Juyeon?”
“Through my husband,” he replied benignly as he prodded Younghoon’s ribs.
“I didn’t know you were married,” Younghoon said.
“He died,” Kevin said, still focused on Younghoon’s torso.
“Oh, I’m sorry,” he looked down.
“It was a long time ago. He died doing what he did best, protecting someone,” Kevin told him. “We met when he ended up in the ER at the hospital I worked in at the time. They didn’t have the elaborate setup in the house that they do now. He was actually fine, but Sangyeon had a nasty stab wound. Whenever one of them was in trouble, he was the first one out the door. I think that’s what I loved most about him.”
“Why did you stay? Helping Juyeon I mean,” Younghoon questioned.
“It’s what Jacob wanted. This was his family. I couldn’t leave them. The night you ended up here was his birthday. He would’ve been 32,” Kevin finally looked up at Younghoon.
“And you saw Juyeon with me,” Younghoon hissed when Kevin pushed down on the spot with the damaged muscles.
“I suspected he had a thing for you for a long time. When I saw how he was looking at you, I knew he loved you,” Kevin pulled up Younghoon’s shirt and applied a gel he’d concocted for the pain.
“How?” the other man asked.
“Because it’s how I looked at Jacob,” the doctor smiled a little. “I thought that dumbass would never admit it.”
“I slept with a hooker for over a year,” Younghoon blurted out.
“I was not expecting that plot twist,” Kevin stared at him.
“I mean I didn’t pay him or he didn’t charge me or whatever. He was an informant on another case and it just sort of…happened,” Younghoon admitted.
“I assume Juyeon doesn’t know,” Kevin sat across from him.
“It’s one of the few things he doesn’t know and I’m afraid to tell him,” Younghoon shook his head.
“Speaking as someone who got unwillingly dragged into this life, the more honest you are the better,” Kevin told him.
“He might have also gotten in touch to see how I’m doing,” Younghoon added quietly.
“If he’s resourceful enough to find a phone Sunwoo programmed then you definitely need to tell Juyeon,” Kevin gave him a look. “This event always has a lot of pros so there’s a solid chance he’ll be there.”
Younghoon hadn’t considered that. Prostitution was technically illegal, but they all got around it one way or another. Younghoon kept Hyunjin off the radar when he was working with some questionable clients. The brothels fronted as strip clubs more often than not. Younghoon had been a cop long enough to know which ones you didn’t fuck with. A pretty boy in a Versace gown was all but untouchable.
“Have you been?” Younghoon asked.
“I went with Jacob one year. It was a who’s who of the criminal underworld. The mayor clearly believes in keep your friends close and keeping your enemies closer,” Kevin scoffed.
“Somehow I don’t think they’re really his enemies,” Younghoon said.
“Probably not, but he has to pretend,” Kevin shrugged. “Other than your ribs still being a little sore, I declare you fit enough for both social and sexual activity.”
“Thanks Kev,” Younghoon impulsively hugged him. Kevin carefully hugged him back.
“Be careful, yeah?”
“I will,” Younghoon knew Kevin wasn’t only referring to his ribs.
“Those are for you,”
Yunho and Jongho looked at the garment bags. Inside were two brand new tuxes.
“Why do we need those?” Jongho asked.
“For the party tomorrow. You can’t show up looking like you normally do,” their boss informed them.
“We’re going?” Yunho questioned.
“As far as Chris Bang is concerned, you’re my personal security. As far as Jung Wooyoung is concerned, you’re standard security,” he replied. “But I know that’s not why you’re here.”
“Someone left Changbin in the alley. He was alive, but probably not for much longer,” Yunho told him. The older man looked up at them.
“Someone?” he repeated.
“Haknyeon,” Yunho clarified.
“Good to hear Mingi listened to me,” he nodded. Jongho shifted nervously. “Do you have something to say?”
“Are you going to let Changbin die?” he asked.
“There’s no ‘letting’ about it. If he lives, he lives. If he doesn’t, then he doesn’t,” the King leaned forward to look the younger man in the eye.
“You did it,” Jongho breathed.
“Of course I did. Who do you think runs this city? Not Lee Juyeon, not Felix Lee, not Chris Bang - I do. I created all of them and I can destroy them. If I were you, I’d stop asking questions now,” he replied. Jongho nodded vigorously.
“Right. No more questions,” he agreed.
“You’re dismissed. I’ll see you tomorrow at 7,” the King waved them out. The two men took the garment bags. Neither spoke until they got in the car.
“What the hell were you thinking? You could’ve gotten us both shot,” Yunho smacked the back of Jongho’s head.
“I’m sick of walking on eggshells. I had to know and now we do,” Jongho rubbed the back of his head.
“Did you not believe that he was who he said he was?” Yunho asked.
“Why Younghoon? What’s so special about him? You can’t tell me you haven’t thought the same thing. He killed one person and is gonna let another one die over what happened,” Jongho replied.
“And what do you suggest? He’ll find out if we start digging,” Yunho said.
“Who do you think Juyeon is gonna bring to the party? He was our coworker. What’s unusual about talking to him?” the younger man suggested.
“We can’t ask him about it,” the older man replied.
“No, but I’m not just a pretty face,” Jongho grinned. Yunho raised an eyebrow. “Let’s go.”
This was going to be one hell of a party.
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haknew · 3 years
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could you gif Eric in the breaking dawn jacket shoot? i know he doesn't have a lot of screen time but he looked sooo good :(
I AGREEEEE ANON and of course ^^ ! ask and you shall receive heh  here !   hope you like it :)) !
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mae-gi-writes · 3 years
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Feux De Joies | Kevin (The Boyz Christmas Series)
La Joie de Noël Series : Feux De Joies [Kevin]
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[ Feux De Joies: Bonfire. ]
Stories revolving around the small miracles of Christmas.
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Read more of La Joie De Noël Series here:
Sangyeon | Jacob | Younghoon | Hyunjae | Juyeon | Kevin | Changmin (Q) | Chanhee (New) | Ju Haknyeon | Sunwoo | Eric 
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Y/N and Kevin's relationship had never really been all love and warmth after he'd played a prank on her heart. Losing a bet required him to fake a confession of his love to her and while Y/N's heart had skipped a beat, the said young man had proceeded to giggle in her face before telling her that it was just a prank and, how could he even see her that way anyway? He was totally smitten with another classmate of theirs.
The mixture of embarrassment and shame and taken over Y/N's countenance and since that day, she had regarded Kevin as no more than an insect she wished to squish with her toe. Much to his displeasure, the pair had drifted apart mainly due to the girl pushing him away. Numerous times, he'd wished to ask her what was wrong, why she seemed so cold and distant but he'd never really had the chance.
The irony of the pair being invited to the same end-of-year Christmas bonfire made Y/N want to drop out at the very last minute. But her friends' incessant whining couldn't go unnoticed and she had finally relented with the condition that she wasn't to be left alone that night.
"I promise," her friend had pinky-sworn at Y/N's glare.
"You better mean that."
Despite Y/N's protests, the pair ended up getting a lift from Jacob and much to her surprise, she found the latter much easier to talk to. Maybe it was the lack of school setting that made it easier to detach stereotypes or maybe she was just in a great mood. In any case, by the time they had reached the beach and spotted the group of people crowded around what seemed to be a pile of branches, Y/N's mood had lifted considerably.
They had hung up a string of Christmas lights in the trees that circled the fire, giving the small area an ethereal, magical glow that made it seem like she had just stepped into a Christmas movie. It was just so beautiful, too beautiful to even keep being mad at someone. Plus, everyone was decked in their ugly Christmas sweaters and that alone was enough to turn this into a comedy. 
"Hot choco?" One of their classmates held up two paper cups which they all accepted graciously. Y/N felt warmth spread through her palms and an unintentional smile lifted the corners of her lips.
After all, it couldn't be that bad. Right?
Wrong. A scowl dropped over her features the moment she laid eyes on a familiar face sitting across the bonfire. She looked away.
No, she told herself off adamantly. She was not going to let Kevin, of all people , ruin her mood.
That was what she kept at the back of her mind in a continuous wave of reminders as the sun set over the horizon and bathed the entire scenery in glimmering gold despite the cold spreading through their limbs. The group huddled in as the bonfire was lit, flaring orange and casting a warm glow over their bodies as marshmallows were passed around on sticks.
Y/N wasn't really sure, throughout the countless conversations and the lighthearted socializing, how she still ended up with Kevin sitting at her side. He was chatting idly with Jacob and when the latter spotted her face, sent her a casual wave.
Y/N waved back quite unsurely, hating how her stomach squirmed uncomfortably when Kevin's almond orbs flitted over her face.
"Hey," Kevin said as he plopped a marshmallow onto his stick and passed her the bag. Y/N had no choice but to take it almost reluctantly, "the bonfire's quite something huh?"
"If you say so," she mumbled and focused her attention on fiddling with her marshmallow stick.
"Y/N, I thought you hated sweet things," Jacob's voice chimed in.
"Today's an exception," the said girl stuck her tongue out at him, causing Jacob to chuckle.
Kevin's eyes swept back and forth between the two, "since when do you two know each other?"
"Oh just now. We spoke on the way here," Jacob then nudged the skinny raven-haired man, "why? Jealous?"
"Me?" Kevin spluttered and if Y/N had looked away a second too early, she wouldn't have gotten the satisfaction of noticing the heat lighting up his entire face. And she was pretty certain that was not a result of the bonfire heat.
A nudge on her shoulder brought her attention back to her friend who asked "do you know where the toilets are?"
"Uhm, I don't think there are any toilets...You'll have to go pee in nature or something."
Her friend's horror was written all over her face and though Y/N had insisted on accompanying her, Jacob jumped up at the chance, sending Y/N a wink which suggested that there was much more to friendship in his gentlemanly intentions.
She watched the pair go, a frown shadowing her face as she questioned whether that was a good idea.
Kevin seemed to read her mind, "don't worry. Jacob's a good guy. He won't do anything."
"Makes me wonder why he's friends with you," she shot back without missing a beat. Her eyes quickly flitted to his own Christmas sweater -- a vivid white that had olaf’s face printed on the front, his orange nose jolting out and dangling. 
Why the fuck did he still look that good?
Kevin wasn't hurt though, throwing her a grin instead, "always the charmer, aren't you? It's been a while since we spoke. Why's that?"
"I wasn’t the one busy trying to woo the pants off Seulgi."
"Woah there tiger," he blinked, "where did that come from?"
She twirled her stick through the flames, now glad that the darkness enveloped most of her features, "I thought you liked her. That's the only thing I remember from our past conversations."
"Oh gosh," He chuckled softly while taking a bite of his marshmallow, "well, there's a lot of catching up to do."
Despite her initial desire to stay away from the said young man with the piercing almond eyes and the beautiful raven-coloured hair that made her fingers itch with the desire of running them through his locks, conversation flowed as easily as water and as the night gave way to the moon and stars glittering across the night sky, she found herself falling into that familiar memory of sharing secrets and stories with Kevin, remembered how it felt to have him make her giggle with his lame jokes and with his never ending list of puns. It was as if nothing had changed and she hadn't realized the way her heart summersaulted in her chest with every smile, every chance his eyes met hers, until a hand landed atop her shoulder.
She jolted, gaze fluttering up at her friend who had a knowing look in her eyes, with Jacob was close behind.
"I thought we were supposed to stay together," her friend chided, though there was a mischievous smile on her face.
"I--I was waiting for you!" Y/N stuttered out, "where did you go anyway?"
And that was when she noticed their entwined hands. Everything clicked, fell into place. The girls' eyes met with silent understanding before Kevin cleared his throat.
"Well, I guess we'll leave you two to it," he grinned and before Y/N knew it, his arm was had shot out and was dragging her away from the pair, away from the bonfire into the darkness.
The cold was instantaneous, taking hold of her limbs and freezing them over as soon as it engulfed her figure in its icy grip. She shivered and pulled her jacket close, trying to gather as much heat by tucking her hands into her armpits.
Kevin probably noticed, for his arm gingerly went around her shoulder to pull her close.
She swallowed thickly upon feeling his warmth envelope her side. This was not in the plan! Her subconscious mind screamed, you were supposed to stay away from him because he played your heart like an old guitar that he then tossed away!
It wasn't his fault per se. Y/N knew that much. In fact, she blamed herself the most. For she wouldn't have been so hurt, so offended, if she hadn't had any inkling of romantic feeling towards the said man.
But here she was, falling over for him once again.
That was the thing with Kevin. One could fall for him as easily as breathing.
"Kev? Where are we going?" Y/N blurted out in attempt to hide how uncomfortable she felt. Her hands fisted into her ugly sweater sleeves, hiding her sweat-coated palms.
"Uh, I don't know actually. My only intention was to get away from them," he chuckled, which reverberated through her own body, "seems like Jacob got what he wanted."
"I knew he was after her. It was so obvious," As the pair kept on walking through the dark, Y/N's head lifted to gaze up at the night sky glittering with stars.
Kevin's soon followed, "I remember him telling me to specifically back off when the deed was done."
"Asking a girl out right after she peed in the words doesn't seem that romantic to me though."
"Oh," his nose crinkled, "you're right. It's not. Oh my god, they held hands right after--"
"She didn't even wash her hands."
They looked at each other for a few beats of silence before bursting out laughing, the sound rippling through the dark depths of night as they tried not to topple over each other as they bent to hold their stomachs.
"That--" Kevin heaved to catch his breath, "that is gross."
"Hope Jacob's not germophobic."
They proceeded to grin at each other like naughty schoolchildren sharing sneaky secrets and Y/N swore her heart skipped a beat whenever her dark brown met his obsidian depths. She'd be lying to say that there wasn't the faintest lingering affection in her heart for the said young man, especially when her entire body seemed to follow along to his every move as though he had her trapped in a trance.
It was only when Kevin's grin faltered into an unsure smile as they gazed at each other for a little too long, that Y/N quickly turned her head away, clearing her throat.
"Wanna hear a scary story?” Kevin piped up as they kept on walking, not realizing that they were drifting further and further away from the glowing Christmas lights. 
Y/N looked up at him from her small nestled space he’d created with his shoulder, “we’re celebrating Christmas. Not Halloween.” 
“I promise you that has nothing to do with either of them.” 
“Alright then,” she paused, “shoot.” 
“Well,” his voice dropped to a murmur, which caused a shiver to tingle up her spine, “apparently there was a pregnant woman who was running away from her husband. She came into these woods and gave birth to her baby. But then, something weird happened during the night. Nobody knows what happened to her. But the baby was found a few days later,” he paused for dramatic effect, “weird you know? Considering that it’s a newborn baby that wouldn’t have lived in such circumstances. So he --it was a boy -- he got adopted, grew up to be a fine young man. But that’s not the point.” 
She knew, deep down, that this was only a story to scare her off. But she couldn’t help but ask what happened to the mother.
“Nobody knows where the mother went. But then one night, on that same night she apparently disappeared, a group of friends came camping. Just to have fun. One of them had to go pee at night,” his voice lowered dangerously, captivating Y/N’s ultimate attention, “when she went in the bushes, she felt someone standing behind her. So...she turned, and then--”
Crack!
“Holy shit!” 
That was Kevin, who had literally jumped into her arms without thinking at the weird noise that bustled behind them.
“Kevin!” Y/N cried, before bursting out laughing at how he’d scared himself, “oh my god, you’re such a coward!”
“Wha--That was not in the plan!” He whined, voice muffled against her shoulder. He pulled back with an annoyed face when noticing that there was barely any hint of fear on hers, “why aren’t you scared?” he pokes your sides.
“Because I have more sense than that.”
“You’re so annoying.” 
“At least I’m not a coward.”
He leaned closer, “I’m not a coward.” 
“You’re the one who got scared,” her chin tilted up adamantly. 
“That’s not the point.”
"Then what is?"
"This."
And in a split second, his mouth was on hers.
Hands clasped her jaw as Kevin moved in closer, lips moving softly against hers as if he knew exactly what he was doing. Surprised, Y/N's own lips parted and he took this chance to kiss her a little deeper, teeth sinking down onto her lower lip and making a small gasp fall from her voicebox. Her shaky hands clasped onto his shirt while his twined around her waist, tugging her close so that his warmth enveloped her completely like a wave of dizzy euphoria, sensual waters that Y/N didn't mind getting drowned in.
She had no idea what she was doing, no idea why the heck she wasn't pushing him away like she was supposed to.
It was almost on instinct that her body pressed even closer if that was possible, causing a soft grunt to echo out of Kevin's chest. His hands skimmed over her backside, left a series of sensual heat that left her dizzy with want. And just when Y/N thought she couldn't take anymore, his tongue joined in, turning her into a gasping mess.
She whimpered, that mere sound enough to prompt Kevin's hands to tangle through her hair and tilt her hwad back, lips locking with better access and her legs turning to jelly with each searing touch he imrpinted on her, with each caress of his tongue that rendered her mad with temptation.
Lights suddenly blared through the dark.
The two jumped apart, chests heaving, as they looked up at the christmas lights dangling from the row of trees surrounding them.
"Eric!" Kevin yelled with slight exasperation as a head popped out from behind a tree.
The said young man named Eric smiled at them sheepishly, "sorry, why are you even here?"
"I was trying to confess!" The heat of Kevin's cheeks seemed even brighter red in the glow of the christmas lights and Y/N couldn't help but laugh at how embarrassed he looked. Without a second to waste, Kevin's fingers laced with her own before he tugged her away from the now illuminated tier of blinding lights, ensuring that they were well away from prying eyes before he swivelled around so abruptly she almost bumped into his chest.
"Okay so, that-- that clearly did not go as expected," he started pacing around like an unappeased tiger while his hands fisted through his locks, and if Y/N's own mind wasn't as scrambled with the memory of Kevin's lips tingling across her own, she would've laughed at how comical he looked.
"Look, Y/N," he halted, facing her and grabbing on to her shoulders as his words spilled in a rush, "If you don't like me, just tell me because otherwise I'm gonna kiss you."
He was so close, only holding on to her shoulders and yet her body yearned to melt into him as though his mere existence was made out of desire. When his dark orbs found hers, glimmering with a tenderness, with a genuine warmth that caused air to constrict through her throat, she did nothing but swallow as she decided to play out her fate.
He searched her face for any clues, with an intensity that made her heart practically jump out of her chest. But still, she stayed quiet as she held his gaze with a burst of naked courage.
Then, gentle warm hands came up to cup her face, and just as his mouth brushed hers, he breathed, "I guess you do."
And he kissed her once more, fully claiming her lips as his own just like he claimed her heart. A kiss that the girl gave into as though she had never planned to fight, arms circling his neck to pull him down, closer, chest to chest, mouth parting with a small gasp that he stole just like he did with her heart. 
The moon glimmered, bathing their figures in a silvery light as they slowly lost themselves into each other, leaving the bonfires and the Christmas lights behind. 
-❤- 
Mae’s note: SURPRISE SURPRISE! 
For this Christmas, I’ve decided to write small drabbles involving TBZ because this year has been their year really (Kevin moon stole my heart). I hope you like it! Let me know if you want to be added to the taglist xxx 
More coming soon! Hope you enjoyed this one! 
As usual I just go all out when it comes to Kebin i mean HOW CAN I NOT AFTER THEIR MAMA STAGE RIGHT????? 
Anyway, stay safe and stay healthy everyone ❤
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tbzhours · 5 years
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haknyeon x you, college au, angst, fluff
[summary] maybe you couldn’t move on because you still love haknyeon [words] 3.4k [a/n] warning: mention of intoxication; i really enjoyed writing this omg please enjoy it as much as i did ♡ 
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Today’s been going well, a little too well. You woke up without snoozing your alarm, you aced your physics test, and the line at your favorite coffee place wasn’t long. In fact, you didn’t even have to wait to order when you smiled at the barista at the counter. You hadn’t have a clue but you didn’t let those hinder the good feeling you were having.
As you walked to the side near the pick-up counter, you took out your phone for time to pass then you leaned onto the heightened wall behind the coffee makers.
You got a text from Sunwoo, one of your college friends from the same department, about your test. You even wondered why your professor would give an exam on the second week of the semester. Either way, he invited you over on the weekend to finally meet his new roommate. You guessed you were too busy, trying to adapt to the new dorm that you moved into to even meet him, or whoever that was.
You agreed to meet them soon before you burst a laugh at Sunwoo’s reply that your professor should be fired.
That was when Hankyeon looked up from the pick-up counter. You had kept a distance because you saw the feet of a stranger standing there already at the corner of your eyes.
Haknyeon knew he heard your familiar laugh as he turned his head at your direction. He didn’t seem to be fazed at the sight of you despite recognizing you so quickly. His lips curved slightly. You seemed were happier now, still since the last time he saw you, but thinking back to that scene, he probably didn’t deserve to see you again. Maybe it was a wrong timing. He sighed quietly before his eyes left you to the menu boards behind the counters.
You were still smiling when both of your orders were called one after another. Haknyeon tried to take his first so he could leave before you could see him but your hand reached for yours too. You had to look at the customer next to you, perhaps you sensed a small connection of why your drinks were fated to be made at the same time.
He barely smiled yet his face seemed familiar. You slightly squinted at him then your eyes widened. In a breathtaking second, your heart began to race as you never thought you would ever slip his name from your lips since the night you both left each other. “Haknyeon?”
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Ju Haknyeon. He was your high school sweetheart where you both understood each other more than anyone else. Studying and eating together, sharing dreams of possibilities, late evening sneakouts to the movies, stargazing past midnight, and going to prom were all of the magical things you recalled doing with him. When senior year was coming to an end, you had a fear that your promises were going to be broken.
All of the stories you heard about breaking up before the college life, about how things like ongoing love never work once you enter college, you didn’t believe it would happen to you and him. But they were becoming true a week after graduation when Haknyeon didn’t show up to a date.
It had been past 11PM when he appeared at your door that night. There was silence after his awkward “hey”. He could tell by the way you stood with your hand holding onto the edge of the door that you weren’t impressed about anything he was doing.
He knew he had been wrong as his smile disappeared. His hands were sweaty and he didn’t know how to bring it up to you. You might had predicted it. He sighed, finally taking the courage to talk to do what he had to do.
“Sorry, I missed the date.” Wrong.
He saw you sigh, your eyes rolling away into the night sky behind him.
“You could have called me back or something. Makes me feel like you don’t want to be with me anymore.”
Your voice sounded rough, almost like you were angry and Haknyeon knew you really sensed that it was coming.
“You’re right.” Haknyeon’s eyes softened, looking down at your feet. His smile looked so eased that your eyes suddenly paid attention to his watery eyes. They weren’t tears because your eyes were too blurry all of a sudden to check. You didn’t like the way he said it because it was breaking your heart even more. He could tell because there was nothing else that he could do. He sighed again, his lips tightening to hold his cry. “I don’t think it’s going to work, long distance relationship.”
Honestly, you thought you both would make it work but he was too fast that you ended up hurting him with the words you had been holding in. “That’s fine. I knew it was coming when you didn’t show up. Because the truth is, I never loved you.”
Haknyeon could hear your cry in his mind as his chest began to rise, the bubble in his throat rolled at his neck before you continued, “Please get out.”
You closed the door and leaned onto it as your tears finally fell down your rosy cheeks. Haknyeon on the opposite side, shed a tear as he wiped it away. That was all he could do, glancing back at you when he walked away with his heavy heart.
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Maybe that’s why you wanted to move out of your house so the memories would stop lingering around in that place. Actually, you wanted to forget all of the places you both had been to, even though your university was only 30 minutes away from home.
It felt funny when you thought you finally got the chance to forget him, seeing him appear right before your eyes. He was sitting in front of you as your hand rubbed against your coffee cup. He hadn’t touched his when he saw your eyes avoiding his.
“So.” Your fingers stopped as your ears shot up at the voice that you missed so dearly. He was smiling when he asked, “How have you been?”
It would be a lie if Haknyeon didn’t think of you from time to time. He had been waiting to see you since he came back to town a month ago. There wasn’t even a chance of bumping into you when every corner of town reminded him of you.
“I’ve been good.” You hated that kind of answer yet that was all you could say. You glanced at him and smiled a small one. “You?”
“I’ve been all over the place.” He replied, though he’d rather say you’ve been all over his mind. He hoped that he had crossed your mind too when you looked away out the window, holding your unwieldy tears beneath your eyes.
“Cool.” You looked back at him, nodding as you blinked so your eyes would dry up. “Why are you back in town?”
“I transferred to the university here. One of my professors recommended me to switch since they have a better dance program.” He smiled and sighed when he grabbed his cup to take a sip. “Plus, I miss being here.”
And I miss you too. He caught you staring, your lips curving as he could see your eyes sparkle. You wondered if he heard you.
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You had always hated family gatherings.
One, you didn’t like how it took over your time to chill from all of your studies. Two, cleaning your house up always took too long. And three, your relatives would always ask about if you had a lover or not (and it gets to the point that they would want to hook you up with their friends’ children. That’s a big NO.).
It made you feel awkward because you never usually share that personal information when you barely see them. You had attempted to bring Eric and Sunwoo over but they didn’t like the idea of fake dating. So, you were on your own again this time with your aunt from another country visiting, you dealing with all of the questions about college life and dating.
Luckily, you convinced your parents that you had a test coming up so you had to go back to your place to study. Thank goodness.
You headed to Sunwoo and Eric’s shared place to meet their new roommate. Of course, Eric wouldn’t stop pestering you about the new wingman that you didn’t want to change out of your semi-fancy outfit yet so he could shut up about it. At least Sunwoo makes up the other part of Eric’s loudness. Just kidding, Sunwoo’s about the same.
Reaching Sunwoo and Eric’s shared place as your fixed your shirt, you knocked on the door. You could hear Eric announcing that you were here. You shook your head and when the door opened, Eric’s face beamed upon seeing your smirk and crossed arms.
“See I told you.” Eric turned back and gave the best annoying look at Sunwoo. Haknyeon was giggling next to him as he leaned onto the island dining counter.
“Didn’t I tell you to give them a spare key?” Sunwoo reminded Eric, knowing that their schedules didn’t match well to hangout other than Fridays and weekends.
“Well, it’s not like Eric lost it.” You eyed him as you took off your shoes before you walked toward the kitchen.
“I didn’t!” Eric shouted in shock, stomping behind you after he locked the door.
“Yeah, I’m sure you didn’t.” You looked at him with your sarcastic smile and nod. You and Sunwoo laughed together because Eric could never tell that you both were only joking with his mind.
You finally sat down beside Sunwoo, your eyes meeting the one you wished you’d never see again on campus when he had hope to. Your face changed quickly, seeming more relaxed yet your eyes looked surprised at the sight of him.
Eric sat beside Haknyeon, whispering about you probably that he giggled quietly.
“Hi, (y/n).” Haknyeon greeted you with an innocent grin.
“Your new roommate is Haknyeon?” You asked, your eyes rolling over the counter before you moved from Eric to Sunwoo then back at Haknyeon.
“What? You both met already?” Eric asked, his head hunching back to look at you both.
“A few days ago.” Haknyeon almost laughed, thinking back to that day. He was still surprised to meet you here especially through his roommates.
“In a cafe.” You added.
“This is crazy, wow.” Sunwoo laughed, his hand covering his eyes in a daze.
What were the odds? You smiled awkwardly and stood up from your chair, all eyes looking at you. “Okay, I met him. Can I go now?”
“Hold up, (y/n). Who said that was it?” The hand that was covering Sunwoo’s eyes held up at you to stop you.
“Yeah, we gotta know each other more now that we’re gonna spend a year together.” Eric suggested then he turned to Haknyeon. “Got some secrets to tell us?”
Haknyeon was grinning, wanting to know what you have been doing for the past three years since you last saw each other. That meant he was agreeing to Eric’s scheme.
You knew this was going to happen, your two best friends making you stay to tell everything about each other. It was almost like you exposing everyone, which you thought was unnecessary.
Well, that was until you learned that Haknyeon didn’t date anyone since he entered college. You didn’t believe it when you crossed your arms because you also didn’t. Eric was the one who spilled it before you could say anything.
Eric’s eyes suddenly beamed and he looked at Haknyeon. All of your eyes looked at Eric when you anticipated to his words, where you regretted not stopping him as he pointed at you. “(Y/n), oh my god. (Y/n), they have a bad drinking habit of spilling every emotion out.”
You tilted your head at him with your squinted eyes, knowing you don’t have such habit. You barely drink so you didn’t understand where Eric was going.
“One time, they cried over this one ex who they really loved but they lied that they didn’t. Tragic.” Eric continued, shaking his head at Haknyeon, who then turned to look at you to meet your eyes.
Haknyeon wasn’t thinking of him, right?
“I don’t remember the name, but it was horrible.” Sunwoo shook his head, his heart hurting at the thought of your drunk scene.
That was it. You had enough of this unnecessary mess your friends were exposing. You stood up, all eyes watching you make your way toward the door with your feet stomping away. You heard them calling for you but the door closed shut. As you ran through the hall, your eyes gushed out tears that were meaning to since the day you met him again.
You had always wondered why you couldn’t forget Haknyeon but remembering back to that incident, you finally understood.
Back at the shared place, Haknyeon had a worried look on his face where he was standing by the door. Sunwoo was running after you though he probably had already lost you. Eric was standing beside Haknyeon before he looked at him.
“You didn’t have to tell me all of that.” Haknyeon whispered.
Eric turned to see the sad look on his face when he replied, “Well, I thought we should if we’re gonna get closer…”
“That’s not really how we do it.” Haknyeon confessed, giving him a small smile before he walked inside the place. The only thought he had was you being safe.
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You’ve been ignoring your two best friends for a week now. Heck, you wouldn’t even care if they show up at your dorm. It wasn’t like they deserved to be forgiven. Your heart was still raging as you walked into the library instead of going to their shared place.
As you were minding your own business, Haknyeon suddenly appeared, sitting in front of you. You took a few seconds of looking at him, seeing his awkward smile before you began putting your stuff away.
“(Y/n), Wait! This isn’t about Sunwoo or Eric!” He whispered to you, holding onto your wrist to stop you.
Electrifying, his touch. You stared at his hand before you looked at him. His smile eased you as you sat back down. He sighed then he helped organize your stuff back onto the table.
You tried to focus back on studying but somehow, his presence was distracting you. Maybe you felt bad that Hankyeon had to come so you could see your two annoying friends. He didn’t have to, you thought. Thinking back to the day you ran away, you set your pen down. You sighed and with all of your heart, you told him, “Sorry, I lied… back then. It was just so hard.”
Hankyeon’s eyes lit up at you, wondering what you meant but he understood it right away, seeing you sigh again. So you really did love him. He never doubt it, but it felt reassuring when he heard you. He smiled so softly, looking down at his opened textbook, trying to read all of the emotions you hid inside of you. “We both had it hard and you know, everything happens for a reason.”
“You’re right.” You smiled along with him, not remembering the last time you were being comforted. You were glad he understood you, that he had forgiven you without the need to say it. Perhaps, he forgave you too when his eyes met yours. “With you here and all of these memories coming back like fire, I just feel overwhelmed right now. ”
“That’s okay. We can take our time.” And you knew what that meant when you saw him still smiling so softly. You felt like you were in thin air, as if all of the times spent away from each other were being made again. “So, do you want some coffee?”
His sudden question made you giggle. You hadn’t felt this feeling in such a long time.
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Haknyeon convinced you to make up with Eric and Sunwoo, who apologized so many times that they begged you to ask what you want for them to be forgiven. You accepted their apology after dragging them so long. Haknyeon could only laugh about it when you requested pizza every Friday night from them afterwards.
That first Friday came when you just got out of class. As you happily headed to the trio’s place, you got a text from Eric about him leaving his trumpet in one of his classes. You were asked to grab it because you were closest to that building from your class. You shook your head and went to find it before you head to their place.
When you got to their place, Haknyeon was the only one there, his eyes beaming in surprise when he opened the door.
You lifted the trumpet case up to his eye level and smirked. “Eric left his trumpet so I had to bring it over.”
“Oh.” Haknyeon laughed and moved to the side for you to come in.
You set the case by the counter in the kitchen before you walked into the living room where Haknyeon’s papers and opened books filled the table up. You turned to him, your hands in your pockets to see his awkward smile. “You were studying?”
“Yeah. Do you want to join me?” He offered, taking a few steps closer to you.
“Sure. I mean, yes. I need to get this paper done by next week.” You cried in a funny sound.
Haknyeon laughed at your amusing look before you sat on the floor across from where he would be sitting. He removed some of his stuff before you took your things out to study.
An hour went by as you wondered when Sunwoo and Eric will come back. You got up and headed into the kitchen to grab a drink. You came back with two cups of juice, handing one to Haknyeon, who was stretching his arms before you sat beside him. You took a sip of your cup before looking down at his school work, suddenly interested when he rested his head on his fist.
“What are you studying? Dance?”
Haknyeon was looking at you with such a soft look, wondering what made you so curious. He hadn’t had the chance to admire your face since you both met again and he thought this moment would be perfect.
When he didn’t answer, you turned to him, catching him staring at you. Your eyes slightly widened, meeting his eyes that were magically mesmerizing. It didn’t take long for him to lose himself into your eyes before his hands reached over to your face, pressing his fingers between your ears and his thumbs by the edge of your cheeks. He pulled you to him as he pushed himself to you, closing the spaces that were meant to be filled until your lips connected.
You were shocked at the touch as your eyes widened but when he began to roll his lips with yours, you couldn’t help to wave with his. You closed your eyes, setting your drink down before your hands reached for the back of his neck and his shoulder as you tried to fix yourself onto taking his kiss.
The taste of your juice filled his lips as he pushed you against the leg part of the couch where you both were leaning onto. It took one more deep kiss before he stopped, moving back slowly as he opened his eyes to look at you.
You could tell that he had resisted on doing that just by how forced that felt. You took a few breaths, meeting his eyes again. This time, they were sparkling like how the moon reflected against the ocean.
“Do you think we even allowed to be together again?” His breath kissed your lips, almost desperately.
“Who makes the law?” You asked, whispering back at him with a little smile.
Haknyeon managed to follow along at your wickedness. “No one. I just wonder what the others would think.”
“Why would their opinion matter? The only thing that allows us to be together is us.” Haknyeon lost his smile as he took your words in with such sincerity. Your words were true to him as he watched you smiled wider yet still as soft as the sound of your voice. “I want to make up the times we’ve left from each other.”
“And I want to love you even more.” Haknyeon’s smile came back as he kissed you again. You laughed at that random peck as you tried to move your head away from him. You hoped that you wouldn’t end up running through the room if he didn’t stop, which you didn’t mind one bit.
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MGA SEASON 4: EPISODE 2 STARTS NOW!
It all starts with a quick replay of all the best moments of the first episode, highlighting the most impactful contestants and their auditions. Instead of the image of the outside of the building as people hurry in to audition, this time it shows the special stage. The first panel filtered out most of the nation and now who is left are only the most interesting people for our CEOs to pick and choose from. Whoever makes it through will take one exciting step into the world of the music industry-- but who will make it until the end?
Hopefuls enter one by one into the set and sit on their designated seats. The chairs on the left are assigned to all the odd-numbered contestants, while the ones on the right are for the even-numbered ones. Most hurry to their seat and wait for the recording to start. Some hum to the song they are about to perform, others close their eyes to calm down their nerves. Upon stepping into the studio, Kim Junmyeon can’t help but exclaim in awe at the sight of the five empty chairs saved for the CEOs’ arrival.
Some of them take the chance to chat with each other, the cameras all around the set capturing everything. Joo Haknyeon looks like an excited puppy when Kim Hyuna sits next to him. “You’re sitting beside me –– wow! I’m such a huge fan of you! You’re so pretty!” Bae Joohyun and Ji Changmin talk to each other on their seats, as well, but as people who already knew each other.
Once all the contestants arrive and are properly seated, the eager expectation to see the CEOs finally comes to an end. They walk in order: Baek Jiyoung, Hyun Bin, Tiger JK, Katie Lee and So Jiseob. “Wow, whoa, they look like royalty,” Kim Doyeon says from her seat. It’s not everyone who gets the chance to see them all in the same room, though most would probably prefer if it weren’t such a life or death situation like this. Lee Daehwi is seen grabbing Jeon Somi’s shoulders, the one sitting beside him. “Oh my god, oh my god, it’s really happening, isn’t it?”
To start off the show, Hyun Bin picks up his microphone and scans the contestants in front of him before speaking. “Hello, hopefuls, and welcome to the second episode of the Mnet Global Auditions.” He moves his chair closer to the table before proceeding. “You’ve made it here after an intensive round of auditions that eliminated most of those who auditioned to be here. Still, our panelists analyzed every piece of information you gave us to pick the best ones suited to be shown on TV. But, this is not simply a variety show. This is your time to show you have the actual talent to stay, not just the charisma to charm, or any unexpected skills that won’t help you very far in this journey.”
His voice is as impactful as his image, but the man doesn’t seem to want to waste anyone’s time. He quickly grabs the first file on the table, changing his gaze to the one beside him. “Jiyoung-ssi, would you please call our first contestant?” The woman smiles at the file before shooting a glance towards the boy at his seat. “Contestant #4001, Heo Hyunjoon.”
Although his number is one to remember, the boy is really only known for his young age. He walks up to the stage calmly, but the pressure is as strong as ever. He’s the first one to go, and all eyes are on him. “I’m Heo Hyunjoon, 15 years old and master of the wink. I’m shooting arrows to capture everyone’s heart.” And so, Hyunjoon pretends to use a bow with his arms, but instead of shooting an arrow he winks at the judges. Joo Haknyeon, from his seat, grabs onto his chest as if being shot. Animated hearts fly away from his eyes as they should. His song choice seemed a bit weird at first, but after ‘Gashina’ starts playing, we see the boy has changed the choreography for a cute style instead-- a better fit for his image.
Lee Jaehwan is next seen showing off his vocal ability, and, soon enough, it’s Kim Junmyeon’s turn to enchant the public once again. “Hello, my name is Kim Junmyeon. I-… wow! I’m the good-looking singer hopeful, please help me improve and look after me well.” The camera focuses on Katie Lee’s smile before changing to So Jiseob’s unamused stare. His voice is sweet, even if the song was a bit unexpected. The male proves his worth of this much screen time with his continuous change of charming expressions. Once he gets back to his seat, one of the cameras captures him automatically checking himself out on his phone.
The first female of the round takes the center stage, Kim Doyeon. She calls herself the tall contestant, and a cut depicting her audition form shows an impressive listed height of 173cm. The girl’s a dancer like many of the contestants, but her long limbs are a clear advantage for the art. After her, it’s Jin Longguo’s turn, who is seen singing while playing his ukulele. His face is as expressive as they come during the performance but, after he sits down, the editors show us different shots of him staring blankly at the other performances. Maybe we found this season’s stone-faced contestant.
Jang Moonbok doesn’t hold back on styling himself and, for this episode, his long and luxurious hair is seen in waves. The addition of wearing glasses helps to give the boy a softer look, as well. His performance starts off with a rap, as expected, but soon after the male starts singing. A few CEOs lift an eyebrow or two, but the truth is they had already watched him sing, unlike the rest of the world. The next girl is startled by her own name when called to perform-- Choi Yoojung, who soon shows the world her skill in dancing.
The air gets a bit tenser when the next contestant walks to her spot. Kim Hyuna is one of the returning contestants of the show and her performances are expected to be worthy of her experience, especially since she was a publically-known trainee of Royal for two years. She chooses to perform a song made by herself, and her lyrics are as impactful as her first audition. Once she starts waving her hand from one side to the other, a few of the contestants join in, the camera showing Jeon Somi following along. Hyuna is another rapper with a good singing voice.
And so the returning contestants got placed one after the other, but in opposite sides of the room. Kim Bora shows several different skills by performing one song in three different languages. Joo Haknyeon’s performance comes next. It starts off slow and precise, all things normal until the song cuts off completely. The boy stops, looking as confused as everyone else seems to be. But then, just as suddenly, a different song comes back on loud. Haknyeon has changed styles completely to show us something even more exciting. This was all part of his plan and it seemed to have worked well.
Kim Jinhee walks up next, deciding to show a dance cover of a song from Jun-- someone known for being one of the best dancers in the industry. It’s a bold move to make but the girl adds her own twists to it. She decides to use props — scarfs — and when the audio says “Flame of Love” she shoots them out of sleeves, making it a memorable ending. Kim Yongsun walks up to the stage next to perform, and this leads into Takada Kenta’s performance afterward. Kim Donghyun follows them, all three showing off their singing abilities.
Jun seems to be a hot pick this season, as we see Min Yoongi performing a different song by the artist. Lee Juyeon goes afterwards with his own dance routine. The young Jeon Somi, though, has decided to hold nothing back. She sang, danced, and rapped, and as if that wasn’t enough, the girl decided to showcase her taekwondo skills with a risky spin. Somi is obviously tired afterwards, but she manages to continue with a smile.
The next contestant was someone easy to spot. His bright red outfit could be seen in the back of multiple shots and the presence of a keytar wasn’t something you got to see everyday. Lee Minhyuk made his performance a dedication to Queen, the artist of the song he had picked. “Hello! My name is Lee Daehwi,” the next contestant introduces, “and if you think that I’m taller than last time…” He wriggled his feet for emphasis. “It’s because I’m wearing extra big insoles today. I won’t fall behind in anything whether it’s height or my dancing!” And just like before, Daehwi shows a girl group cover, though this time also singing to add variety. After returning to his seat, an audible ‘yaaaaa-’ is heard from his direction all over the set.
Next up are Park Minhyuk and Lee Jooheon, a dancer and a rapper, respectively. Offering a most certain change of pace, Park Kyungri walks to the center of the stage with a bright red dress and steals all the attention to herself. ‘Coming of Age Ceremony’ was probably not the first thing most people would come up with to perform at an audition show, but the woman fits the image perfectly. Her eyes capture the cameras’ focus and most certainly impress the public.
Seo Soojin goes next, showcasing her singing skills together with ribbon dancing and impressive stamina. Kim Hyunjung performs a song along with her guitar, and then Choi Youngjae decides to only sing this time around. The following lady is one people should keep an eye on: Jung Jinsoul makes her own version of ‘Hush’ by Brave Girls but, as much as the song has been covered ever since its release, the performance is as refreshing as ever. The girl not only shows her impressive vocals and dancing skills, but also incredible charisma.
When the next song starts, the camera focuses on Tiger JK’s surprised reaction. Lee Minhyung, a fifteen year old middle schooler, had decided to use his song as his chosen performance. The CEO lean over to Hyun Bin beside him and whispers something between smiles. “I didn’t know these young kids even knew I made music.” It awards him a laugh from his fellow judge, and then the focus is back on the performances. Dong Sicheng goes after Minhyung, performing a traditional chinese dance.
Lee Sungyeol follows next with an emotional song, slowly working his way towards the desired title of ‘Nation’s Prince Charming’. Right after, Lee Jeno decides to change things around, showing an impressive dance and guitar performance inspired by Michael Jackson. “Hello! I’m contestant #4032, Moon Bin. I’m 21 years old and some of you may have heard my voice blaring from your TVs after that chocolate brand competition!” The scene cuts to show a few seconds of the chocolate commercial before quickly going back to the boy and his performance. This time around, the public gets to not only watch him sing, but also play the violin.
The one next is Lee Luda, one of the tiny girls who was in charge of singing and also decided to dance this time. Following her right after was Lai Guanlin, the young giant that had gained some attention on the previous episode. He introduces himself with a strong accent, but it only seems to help him gain attention. If that wasn’t enough, though, the boy takes out a bandana from his pocket and ties it around his head. When he starts to sing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles song it probably shouldn’t have been a surprise, but a lot of people looked shocked by it.
Joining the young ones, Choi Yerim goes next, but sticks to something basic. Then comes another one, a little more nervous-sounding than most. “Hello, I am Kim Jonghyun– I am a dancer for the most part but I also enjoy rapping… I do sing but I am not a great singer, I sound like a horse squirrel when I sing… I’ll be dancing for you today yes– that is what I’ll be doing.” And so he does, and very beautifully at that.
Kim Taehyung goes next, but this time without any heels on. Instead, he performs a good showcase of his rapping skills. He’s followed by Jeon Jeongguk and his dancing before it’s the girl Minatozaki Sana’s turn. She grabs her violin and bow, and then after hurrying to the stage manages to trip a little but not fall down. The performance is a mix of her original audition, allowing her to dance and sing, and then eventually play the violin as well.
“Today, I’m going to dance for you. I’m going to show all of you that I’m the best thing out of Texas since Beyonce.” And that was a bold thing for Kim Chungha to say. Still, her dancing was impressive and powerful. If it was actually anywhere near Beyonce-level was a bit debatable. Jung Jaewon followed her with his performance, followed by Hwang Hyunjin and his sign language-incorporated dance. The contestants were slowly coming to an end, but Choi Minho seemed as excited as ever to perform.
Another on the guitar list was Koo Junhoe, performing an acoustic version of his chosen song. Wang Jackson performs an exciting rap of choice before it’s Jeon Wonwoo’s turn to perform his bold and impressive choice of a Japanese song. Kim Wonshik decides to rap instead of dancing and it was a pleasant surprise. The tiny but impressive guy, Ha Sungwoon, decided to stick to his singing roots, but managed to leave people impressed nonetheless. “Hello everyone! I’m your resident tiny giant, Ha Sungwoon.” And there was probably a big giant inside his throat for the man to sing like that. It cracks a bit at some point, but his performance was as impressive as expected.
It was then Kim Mingyu’s turn to rap with his choice of an original song. Kang Daniel is next, and the fact he is still here probably says his parents weren’t too mad at his audition. The friendly animated hand returns for the sake of the joke and Daniel wishes his parents a joyful time. “I’m Kang Daniel, #4050, here to raise the bar a little bit with every performance. Last week was 40, and this week is 50; maybe by the end, we’ll make it to 100.” he pauses to strum his guitar before continuing. “That sounded better in my head.” We’re sorry, Daniel.
Coming close to the end, Bae Joohyun comes on the screen. “I’m twenty-three, a dancer, librarian, and… I’m the daughter of Innisfree’s CEO and CFO.” The comment came unexpectedly, but it’d certainly made it to the news. The girl still performs a strong dancing sequence, one that hopefully her parents would be watching. The last one up was Ji Changmin. “I-I’m in my first year of high school, and I…ah…really like to dance! I know it’s been a really long day; hopefully everyone isn’t too tired! I’m sure afterwards, though, you’ll feel refreshed!” His nervousness is adorable, and after a quick aegyo he starts dancing a mix of the expected cuteness with a surprising display of b-boying, bringing an end to this round of performances.
The staff announces a quick break for the contestants while the judges head into a private room to discuss and confirm the future of each hopeful outside. This part isn’t aired, only when they return to their original seats. All of the contestants wait for the worst part to come and this time around, Katie Lee is in charge of the microphone. “After long discussion, we’ll start with the elimination process for today’s episode.”
Instead of the previous piles of files the judges used to check on the contestants, each of them now has a single sheet of paper with the information of who would be leaving them that day. “To all of you who we won’t see again next week, please remember this doesn’t need to be the end of your journey. Even if you didn’t make it through this episode, maybe we will, eventually, see each other in the future.”
The woman clears her throat elegantly before proceeding with her announcement. “Before we get to it, a few contestants decided to leave us before this episode — Lee Jieun, Shim Changmin and Chou Tzuyu — which leaves us with 51 contestants. From those who remain with us, we will still take out more than one person today. Hyun Bin-ssi, will you do the honors?” And just like the man had started the episode, he’d also start the end of it.
“The first person to be leaving us tonight is… Takada Kenta.” The man says before looking at the male. “You have a very beautiful voice, but your performance skills are still very lacking. You lack the ability to capture people’s attention and heart, which is one of the most important abilities in the industry. Hopefully, you’ll get to working on it soon enough.” He sets his microphone down and Baek Jiyoung is the next one to speak.
“The second person to be leaving us tonight is… Park Minhyuk.” She looks at the boy from far away, but unlike Hyun Bin, she shows him a soft smile. “You share the same problem as Takada Kenta, but, as dancer, that is an even bigger flaw to have. You won’t have your powerful vocals to back you up. There is no point in making precise movements if they’re not the ones people will be looking at. I wish you well in the future.”
Tiger JK picks up the microphone from his center spot, eyes already flickering towards the contestant before he’s even said anything. “So, the third person to be leaving us today is… Wang Jackson. Right now you’re a mediocre rapper with poor stage presence, and if you’d like to keep doing what you’re doing that won’t suffice. Hopefully, this will serve as motivation for you to keep on going with your dreams.”
Finally, it’s So Jiseob’s turn to speak, the one who had been staying the quietest. “The fourth person to be leaving us today is… Jung Jaewon. You definitely have a lot of skill and practice, but we don’t think you’ve been able to put that same effort into expressing those things in this show. You have a lot of potential and what you lack is knowing how to use it. If you find your right place I’m sure you’ll do well in the future.”
The lady who started it picks up the microphone again. There had certainly been more than one elimination already and her eyes say it hasn’t ended yet. “The fifth person to be leaving us today is… Lee Jaehwan. You have good skill and good technique, but it still feels like there’s something missing. I hope you’ll keep practicing not only your vocal abilities, but also your stage presence. Having fun isn’t always all that is needed.”
Hyun Bin picks up his microphone again, jumping right into his speech without a break. “The sixth person to be leaving us today is… Lee Jooheon. You’ve shown a lot of skills you’re good at, but I think there’s still time for you to become great in one of them. You have the potential, now all that’s left is for you to put on the hard work to make it happen.”
Counting the first three departures, it was already down to eight people leaving, and when Baek Jiyoung picks up her microphone again the contestants can only hope it is to announce the end of eliminations. “There’s still one more person who will be leaving us tonight, and it was a tough choice between two of you. The seventh person to be leaving us today will either be Heo Hyunjoon or Kang Daniel.” The screen splits in two, Hyunjoon on the left and Daniel on the right. “Both of you have a lot to grow still, and I honestly wish both of you will keep working hard whether you stay in this competition or not.”
And so, Jiyoung picks up the paper in front of her, letting out a sigh. “The seventh person to be leaving us today will be… Heo Hyunjoon. You’re still very young and your skills have a lot to develop, but I believe that, in the future, you’ll be just as great as whoever wins this competition in the end. I wish you well, and for you to keep on dancing.”
With that, the long elimination round is done. Tiger JK takes his microphone once again to ask those who were eliminated to leave the set, cameras focusing on their faces. They don’t air the entire walk from chair to exit, but it’s still a tough sight to see. Once they’ve left backstage, the cameras continue their focus on the remaining contestants. Between these people, we’ll have the grand winner of the Mnet Global Auditions Season 4.
To see all of this season’s current contestants, click here!
And now, let’s see what’s in store for our third episode!
After the first big round of eliminations, only the best contestants are left to fight for the big winner spot. The end is still far from close, though, and there is a lot in store for this season of the Mnet Global Auditions!
There has been a lot of solo talent showcased so far, so it’s time to change things up a bit. For the next episode, contestants were grouped up in teams to deliver an impactful group performance. Members were randomly chosen and grouped up, testing the contestants’ abilities to change and adapt to the situation they are given. No piece of training will go without the eye of the public being there to see it, though.
Our beloved CEOs have turned a couple of their practice rooms available for our contestants to use during this week of training. Cameras have already been set up at multiple angles to capture everything there is to see. The teams for this episode and the companies they’ll practice at are as seen below:
TEAM A — SPHERE BUILDING #4003 — Kim Junmyeon #4017 — Lee Juyeon #4034 — Lai Guanlin #4036 — Kim Jonghyun #4037 — Kim Taehyung
TEAM B — SPHERE BUILDING #4004 — Kim Doyeon #4010 — Joo Haknyeon #4012 — Kim Yongsun #4039 — Minatozaki Sana #4052 — Bae Joohyun
TEAM C — NOVA BUILDING #4005— Jin Longguo #4026 — Choi Youngjae #4038 — Jeon Jeongguk #4040 — Kim Chungha #4050 — Kang Daniel
TEAM D — NOVA BUILDING #4006— Jang Moobok #4023 — Park Kyungri #4031 — Lee Jeno #4033 — Lee Luda #4042 — Hwang Hyunjin
TEAM E — TRC BUILDING #4007— Choi Yoojung #4025 — Kim Hyunjung #4043 — Choi Minho #4047 — Kim Wonshik #4049 — Kim Mingyu
TEAM F — TRC BUILDING #4008 — Kim Hyuna #4029 — Dong Sicheng #4032 — Moon Bin #4035 — Choi Yerim
TEAM G — KT BUILDING #4009— Kim Bora #4018 — Jeon Somi #4027 — Jung Jinsoul #4046 — Jeon Wonwoo #4054 — Ji Changmin
TEAM H — KT BUILDING #4011— Kim Jinhee #4014 — Kim Donghyun #4019 — Lee Minhyuk #4044 — Koo Junhoe #4048 — Ha Sungwoon
TEAM I — ROYAL BUILDING #4016— Min Yoongi #4020 — Lee Daehwi #4024 — Seo Soojin #4028 — Lee Minhyung #4030 — Lee Sungyeol
For the first round of team challenges, the theme of the week is something that shouldn’t be too hard for our dear hopefuls. Even if some of our contestants were born as part of the new millennium, these songs will forever be known through generations to come. This week, we’ll be focusing on the 2011 classics. Members are to group together and pick a song of their liking and that they think will also capture the public’s attention.
Baek Jiyoung announces it herself that all of the members from the team ranked as first will be safe from elimination next week, but other groups may not have the same good fortune. This time around, the stage will be much bigger and prepared with proper lighting and special effects to help make it memorable. A live audience of 1000 people will be there to watch and judge every performance, but no voting will take place or impact the results.
However, a brand new system is being introduced for this season of the Mnet Global Auditions: members are to elect a leader among themselves who will be the focus of guiding the team through preparations and the stage itself. The leader should be someone who will be able to help others and be looked up to. After being picked, a change of leader will only be able to happen by unanimous vote. Together, all members should come up with a team name that will represent them during this week. With unison being more important than ever, we hope to see our contestants growing close as soon as ever — or maybe they’ll keep everything as professional as possible.
                          Tune in next Sunday, the 15th, for our third episode!
MGA Season 4 episode three preview: The cameras show all of the behind footage for the making of the first group stage of this season. Who will hold the title of a leader? Will friendships be formed or will conflict happen as the contestants are forced to work together? The big stage is prepared for a grand performance, but the results are only in the hands of the members to make it happen. In the end, will your favorite contestant survive another episode?
[ All contestants had their introduction aired even if it wasn’t mentioned. Any other part only made it to the final cut if it was mentioned in this post. Contestants have until 5PM EST of Sunday, the 15th, to post their 200+ words solos about their performance of this first round of the team challenges. That’s at 5PM not midnight. Please tag all related posts with #rkmga4 and #rkmga4classics. Song choices should be submitted to the rkevent inbox as well as the chosen leader. Two teams performing the same song will not be allowed and this will be chosen on a first come first serve basis.
When at their designated company’s building, contestants should not interact with any trainees and should mostly keep themselves inside the practice room except for meals or bathroom breaks. Although a live audition will be part of the next episode, no muses will be allowed to be part of it this time around. In case it becomes possible in a future episode, information about it will added to the end of the post like this.
Any group chat made as a way for the muns of the contestants to interact with each other for this mission should have Mod Bianca (@luvseungjoon on twitter) added to it. She will be there to monitor everything, but any questions should be sent to the rkevent inbox in case someone else had the same question and so it won’t be seen as an advantage to your group.
To award everyone for making it this far, feel free to add +1 CHARISMA and +1 SHOWCASED SKILL to your points sheet! This includes members eliminated on this episode. Please link this post as verification. ]
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this is more or less a post for my own reference bc i tend to forget things rlly easily... and i really don’t want to forget this weekend!! sorry if this is unreadable.. like i said, it’s mainly for my own reference ghfjdksn
friday convention: pretty uneventful seeing as it’s only the first day... me n my friend lined up to try for the w1 hitouch but we were told to come back at 2pm. we had heize’s audience engagement to go to at that time, so we just ended up buying w1 banners and nametags anyways bc tbh.. we didn’t have a chance at winning LOL.. (i heard fansites bought all the merch tho? so at least we got our stuff before that madness). a lot of people were selling their heize passes, so the rest of our party bought them to go in and honestly.. it’s a loss for the people who sold them !! heize is one of the sweetest n down to earth people i’ve ever met/seen... someone in the hi-touch area got her an olaf backpack and she was so excited!! she also said she really liked the vibe of la and that more people showed up than she expected (which broke my heart HJKDS). she also describes herself as a “srapper/ringer” bc she says she likes both singing and rapping... im gna fast forward to the cosmic girls audience engagement which was.. life changing tbh.. they’re all so pretty and cute irl, but bona couldn’t make it for some reason :( yeonjung sang miracle + secret, dawon did eunseo’s “hing~”, and meiqi did luda’s “mollah-ah”. they were also asked who they wanted to switch bodies with and from what i can remember, dayoung wanted to switch bodies with dawon (bc in her words, dawon is “hot, tall, and sexy” HJFSHLJ), and luda wanted to switch bodies with seola (bc she’s really pretty.. and i agree!! all of them are!!!) cheng xiao is my bias but unfortunately she didn’t say much..... also every idol whose never been to la wants in n out but i don’t blame them, it’s good!! i didn’t have that great of a view either bc the people in front of me were already tall + they were against the barrier which adds another inch or so to their height.. but overall it was a cute n fun audience engagement!! we went home afterwards bc there was nothing else left to do..
saturday convention: we went early bc my friend had sf9′s audience engagement so while we waited for her to finish that, me n the rest of the party just went around the convention hall and got free stuff :’)) when she came back, we went to juncurryahn’s meet and greet. he’s rly nice and talented, but i don’t watch his videos so i didn’t know what was going on majority of the time... afterwards we were going to get food and i was going to line up for seventeen’s audience engagement, but on the way out i saw people already lining up outside? when i asked what was going on, a guard told me to wait in the indoor waiting area but when i went there, vixx’s audience engagement hadn’t gone in yet. i asked the woman scanning bracelets but she told me to go outside. when i told her the situation, she then said i could stay inside. thirty minutes later, more people came in and started complaining so she told us all to.. go back outside lmfao... when i headed back outside the guard said the waiting area was full, so i’d just have to sit around until they started letting people line up again... i did meet a few more carats in line tho so i guess? it’s fine.. i also got a mingyu fan from one of his fansites, like u! it was super hectic inside bc a lot of people were crowding me and i was getting anxious, but the carats i met in line were nice enough to check up on me every few minutes to make sure i was okay... and seeing seventeen..... made my heart stop.... i couldn’t get a good view bc 1) im short and 2) people brought posters and constantly held them up whenever their biases talked.. it was a good experience but the only thing that bothered me was people screaming whenever a member tried to talk... i’d hate to be biased but seeing dino in the same room as me was the most memorable.. like he actually glows irl and he’s so handsome and pictures don’t do him justice!!!!!!! also junhui? ethereal. he can’t exist like.. he’s too handsome. they then played a dice game where each number means they have to do a certain thing.. dino got freestyle dance (how fitting...), seungkwan and wonwoo got fav pop song (when we were young + see you again, respectively), jeonghan and joshua both got aegyo, dk got random dance (and he threw the dice inflatable into the crowd and.. mightve hit someone ? idk i only heard him apologizing!!), and mingyu got sexy dance (hgfjdkl it was funny bc he started off fine but got rlly awkward n shy). everyone and their mothers are hip hop team stans btw... after that i left to go find my friends at the mwave stage, where they were doing signed album giveaways. oh my girl was having a fansign at star square in thirty minutes and i happened to be near the barrier where they walked by... in the midst of waiting for oh my girl to come out, my friend’s number was called for an album and he got the night version of astro’s dream pt 01 signed by all members!! literally 3 minutes later oh my girl came out and??????? they’re so pretty i was FLOORED.. i could only get a good look at jiho’s face before a guard stepped in front of me tho.. but i did see all the other member’s side profiles and? i love girls. wow. once that was over, we went to go get food and line up for the concert when the friend who won the album said he didn’t listen to astro.. and he gave it to me....... i started crying
saturday concert: HJFKDSLHJFK IT WAS WILD TBH!! the pre show was really good w/ juncurryahn playing crush’s beautiful on the violin and dancing to not today.. then it was krnfx and he beatboxed a few songs.. also lydia paek joined him for bs&t which was cool!! the first mc’s for the night were scoups, joshua, and vernon and i kind of.. lost my shit HJKDSLHJFK.... i don’t rmr the exact order but i do know that sf9 was the first act and they performed fanfare, jungle game, and easy love. also when they did the whole robot acrobatics thing in jungle game? my face was like :O the whole time!!!! chani looked like a cute lil pumpkin and zuho... is spicy... after that was cosmic girls and I LOVE!!!! THOSE SPACE ANGELS!!!! SOO MUCH!!!!! they performed happy, i wish, and secret (though i really wanted them to perform miracle...) i’m not a big fan of girl’s day but they’re sooo beautiful and they performed i’ll be yours, something. and ring my bell.. i knew nothing about suju d&e but they did 3 songs! the only song i can recall the name of is oppa oppa, which is really catchy... vixx’s act was really good!! they performed shangri-la, black out, and fantasy, but i was thinking about haknyeon and ravi’s lil head twirl part the whole time ghjdfkl.... vixx had a thing called ‘pinata time’ and got photo session, and they made cute poses around the stage so fans could take pictures of them. seventeen was the last act and ................ it was life changing, truly... they performed don’t wanna cry and I STARTED CRYING BC I LOVE THOSE BOYS SO MUCH AND WORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO ME AND HOW MUCH THEY’VE DONE FOR ME.... they had a pinata time and got everyone in the venue to dance to mansae which made me tear up again... they shot signed tshirts into the crowd in reserved seating!! mingyu + jun + woozi had to share a gun and after they shot one shirt, mingyu was trying to put the other shirt in and almost broke the gun HJFKLHJSDK... jun was interacting w/ the crowd all while woozi n mingyu were trying to figure it out.. like he was just shrugging and being his cute bubbly self.. eventually a staffer had to come up and help them lmao.. they also performed boom boom and aju nice which put me in the happiest mood!! i wanted them to perform pretty u which is like.. my fav song.. but i would have started UGLY CRYING so i’m glad they didn’t... somewhere in between cosmic girls invented the song i need u and sf9 covered sorry sorry... both groups danced together for the last chorus or so for sorry sorry..... also all of svt’s units performed a song! performance team did swimming fool, vocal did habit, and hip hop did check in. but saturday’s concert was amazing and seventeen.. really did change my life..... i also hope hoshi is feeling better !!!
sunday convention: got lost on the freeway and we all started freaking out bc we thought we’d miss wanna one at the innisfree booth. fortunately we made it in time, but the booth was already packed and there were people pushing and shoving. the security was really rude and told people near the back “if you cant see anything you’re wasting your time, what are you doing with your lives??” though i get he was doing his jobs.. there’s better ways to just tell us to back up lmao... i also i stood next to a baejin fansite (cheese bae) and they gave me a banner! my friend and i got claustrophobic and left, but i’m glad i did bc the people in front of me were a good 7 inches taller than me and when wanna one showed, the pushing got so bad that kcon threatened to end the session. the rest of the party stayed and said that they were only there for 5 minutes and that they looked visibly upset (understandable bc of the whole airport incident. i don’t blame them if they hate la lmao). they did get a blurry video of baejin and daniel tho so.. they airdropped that to me. we did pretty much everything the convention hall had to offer and no workshops/panels really interested us so we just hung around the toyota booth for astro... there i got a sanha fan from a fansite, but their name isn’t on the fan so i can’t find them :(... kard was said to make an appearance at the state farm booth right next to the toyota one, so it got crowded and my friend and i left. we just sat in the entrance hall near an outlet until astro came out, and we stood near the elevator so we could see them walk out... sanha is unbelievably tall. like.... what’s he so tall for. why. also while waiting i got a taeyong banner from leetaeyongbar! we then decided to go back inside to hopefully see wanna one at star square, so we went to the area where we stood for oh my girl. luckily not a lot of people cared to stand in the back so we got right up by the barrier. i also talked to a wannable and she was rlly sweet!! i mentioned getting anxious abt crowds of people against me and she also made sure i was okay, which is nice.. also a fansite stood behind me and i told her that if i was in the way, she could just let me know.. i dont know which fansite she is but she was nice n was thankful!!! wanna one came out and i only got a good look at guanlin (who is tall, but not sanha tall) before staff stood in front of me.. after they walked by a bunch of people left so i got closer and waited for them to come out... i’m glad i stayed bc i actually saw them walk out... and jisung!!!!!!!! waved!!!!!! in our direction!!!!!!!!!!!! my heart almost burst out of my chest bc he’s so handsome irl and he’s so cute and he looked really happy... after that we left to line up for the concert
sunday concert: sunday’s crowd was a lot bigger than saturday’s, and i’m pretty sure everyone there was a got7 stan... while in line i saw papa tuan (mainly bc he was dressed as their lightstick, which was cute)!!! inside the venue, the girl sitting next to me as also an aroha so we talked abt astro while we waited for the concert to start!! the preshow was a band called iamnot (correct me if i’m wrong, i couldn’t read their logo ghjfdk) and they were really good.. i liked their act a lot!!! the night’s hosts were mark and jackson, and they did a good job hyping up the crowd (tho everyone in there was a got7 stan so.. who wouldn’t be hyped lol). when they were calling up all the artists, heize brought the olaf backpack on with her and my heart!!!!! exploded w love for my mother!!!!!! once again i don’t remember the exact order, but i do know that the first act was kard, who performed don’t recall, hola hola, and oh nana. we also sang happy birthday to somin who teared up :’)). also j.seph is super cute n shy........ heize performed don’t know you. after a small ment, a sign asked us to turn on our phone flashlights... the music for star started and heize started to cry bc of all of the lights hjgfdklhg :( she only performed two songs... oh my girl performed coloring book and closer, and yooa is sosososo pretty!!! arin is super cute too!!! also binnie doesn’t have bangs anymore and my heart almost stopped!!! my robong DIED during coloring book bc me, being the fool i am, reused batteries from my carat bong... the aroha next to me gave me her spare batteries which was so nice of her... but then her robong died during closer so i gave back the batteries bc i knew astro as her ult, n she needed those batteries more than me LOL.. when wanna one performed, the girl saw me with my banner and she asked to record for me and i’m so grateful!!! they performed energetic and burn it up, and i think me and my friend got on the screen for like 2 seconds HJKDLSHJGKL... astro did a collab with kim taewoo and they did so well!! the dance was super energetic but their voices still sounded so good!!! kim taewoo then performed and his voice was really nice.. i can’t recall the song names but i believe his last song was love rain? astro performed should’ve held on, breathless (with a transition into polaris), and baby!! sanha was soo cute during the ment :(( they also had a pinata time and made tshirts to throw to those in the pit. they also had tshirt guns and shot those to the reserved seats... also i recorded the performance for the aroha next to me in exchange for the w1 videos... nct’s stage was.. so hype.... they performed firetruck, limitless, and cherry bomb!! some of the mics weren’t working during the ment so mark leaned over to let taeil use his in-ear mic and everyone in the venue went wild... also sicheng’s self intro was “my name is winwin!!! today.. we winwin!!!!!!!!” HJFKSLHJSF HE’S SO CUTE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I’LL FOREVER BE SICHENGSGIRL NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I CHANGE MY URL.... once again, the aroha next to me recorded nct for me and i later recorded got7 for her.. jj project performed, and they did never ever, hard carry, and?? correct me if i’m wrong but confession song?? idk.. they had a pinata time as well and a lucky fan got proposed to by three members, who i think were bambam, jaebum, and jackson. somewhere in between, wanna one came out again in navy colored school uniforms and perfomed never and nayana.. and i teared up during the latter... after the concert was over, me n the aroha airdropped each other the videos... i never got her name but she was super sweet and im glad i got to sit next to someone who didn’t consider my screaming obnoxious (she apologized for screaming during astro and got7 but.. we get each other LOL)
overall i’m so happy that i saw 6/6 of the groups i stan at my very first kcon!!! it’s rlly a memory i want to keep forever.. but i probably won’t go again in a long time (unless ofc.... wanna one or seventeen decide to come again :’))) )
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ALMOST 101 thought-comments on ep 3 of Produce 101 S2
1.      They are showing the kids journals and practice things. I feel so so sorry for people who have trained for like…. 5 yrs and still cant debut its fucking DEPRESSING
2.      Everyone are talking about how they wanna get to A and nowwwwww they’re revealing the new grades I’m gonna be SAD
3.      Bunch of good kids downgraded to F including Ren and Guanlin and Jinyoung poor boy cant look up from the ground I am REAL SAD BOI
4.      ENTIRE YUEHUA FAM IS D RANK NOW I AM SO FUCKING SAD AAAAAAHHH ALL OF MY KIDS
5.      MINHYUN WENT DOWN TO D I AM SO SO SO SO SAD A G H ITS NOT HIS FAULT HE DOESN’T DO WELL UNDER PRESSURE
6.      K-TIGER BYUN HYUNMIN GOT FROM F TO C AND ENTERED WITH A FLIP WOOOOO
7.      TAKADA KENTA GOT TO B MY DUDE they even said his Korean pronounciation is better than some of the other trainees I’m so PROUD
8.      JR GOT TO B MY BOY MY BOY MY BOY MY BOY IM SO PROUD MY BEAUTIFUL WARTORTLE SON IM SO SO PROUD AHH
9.      And now he says he was too sad about Ren and other NU’EST members who stayed at their grade or went down by one (Minhyun and Ren dropped a rank, Baekho stayed at D) to feel actually happy this is the fucking sad self sacrificing leader I know that boy would cut his leg off for NU’EST to get reciognized again
10.   HYUNGSEOB GOT FROM D TO A WHO HAS NO TALENNT IN SINGING? WHO?? NOT THIS BOY FUCK Y E A H THIS IS THE BEST THING
11.   Kim Taedong from the Vibe Label got from F to A holy fuckk
12.   WOOJIN AND DANIEL GOT BOTH UP TO A
13.   Seriously this is the best bromance of the entire season Daniel dotes on that kid so hard its so fucking cute
14.   They are announcing A grade reevaluations out loud??? Sounds scary ngl
15.   Entire original A grade stays at A grade this really is some hardcore aces all gathered together
16.   They are going to choose the first center now and no one really knew about it, the A ranks are gonna do a one minute performance/choreography within a hour and then everyone will choose a center from that
17.   Everyone are like what on earth do I do right now within a hour
18.   First is Daniel my pink boy who has THREE CATS!! Important information yes anyways hes rapping from a paper and i
19.   Noone pays attention to BNM Park Woojin poor kiddo ppl are like ‘the not Daehwi from BNM’ ‘The other Woojin’ but now he came out and HE DANCED SOS WELL AND RAPS SO WELL WTF DUDE HIS DANCE IS REALLY GREAT WHY WASN’T HE PICKED
20.   Another BNM rarpper kid, Im Youngmin, who rose from B to A but his nerves got the better of him
21.   Soooooooooo many rappers in A rank holy damn
22.   HYUNGSEOB SMALL NERVOUS KID
23.   He apparently had major problems with the time limit and messed up real bad and said he was sad as well I am sad too poor kiddo
24.   Now it’s the kid who came from F to A. He started clapping and everyone did it with him but he FORGOT HIS DANCE MOVES POOR KID AND PPL STILL CHEER FOR HIM IM GLAD
25.   Now it’s time for the little Woojin
26.   HOTSHOT SUNGWOON!!!!!!! His vocals are soooo good goddamn
27.   Other vocally talented kid, Kim Sungri ended with a damn flip
28.   Dance kids Noh Taehyun (IMPORTANT) and Ong Sungwoo
29.   And now the two mains, Samuel and Daehwi lol
30.   Daehwi went off from others and is kinda hiding because he doesn’t want others to know what he’s doing lol
31.   Samuel does some fast rapping and then a really neat and sharp choreo
32.   Daehwi aka the one who wins this im rlly anticipating this ngl
33.   Hes doing the og Pick Me song for I.O.I with really cheesy aegyo lol and I mean its cool but…….. BNM WOOJIN SHOULD’VE WON I don’t even stan that kid but he was sooooooo good
34.   The two candidates for center are Daehwi and the little Woojin
35.   They are now practicing for the big stage
36.   Why blur out the center lol we all already know it’s Daehwi
37.   Ren is so in distress it’s SAD lil boy went out to cry I love him so much gdi he’s more than a pretty face APPREACIATE HIM
38.   And roll the same stage ive seen a bajillion times lol they didn’t even bother switching out the individual shots of kids
39.   JUSTIN AND KENTA LOOK SO GOOD IM SHOOK
40.   I don’t know if it’s the flaw of my laptop but the thing I’m watching this from has such bad and laggy audio rip
41.   I’m really glad they showed that Kim Youngjin kid who was completely edited out from the first two episodes and overall just a bunch of shots of F graders it makes me happy
42.   Now it’s time for the group battle thing and unlike last season with a 1000 vote benefit its fucking 3000
43.   Everyone under the 61 rank will be dead
44.   The evaluation songs are 2PM-10 out of 10//Beast-Shock//BTS-Boy in Luv//Seventeen-Mansae//EXO-Call Me Baby//INFINITE-Be Mine//SHINee-Replay//Super Junior-Sorry Sorry
45.   Totally unrelated to the stuff going on there rn but I’m super excited to see the Infinite performance I fucking LOVE Be Mine and it’s choreo
46.   The teams get chosen by randomly drawn trainees, first is Daehwi because, yano, center
47.   He takes Hotshot Sungwoon, Brave Samuel, Maroo ent Jihoon, Cre.Ker Haknyeon, C9 Jinyoung, Yuehua Euinwoong AKA the kids that are popular/choosing for popularity not ability lol no hate to any kids I love them but I mean… you know lol
48.   Next is Minhyun, He chooses individ. Kim Jaehwan, MMO Kang Daniel, YGk+ Kwon Hyunbin, Fantagio Seongnwoo and NU’EST JR
49.   They don’t know the other teams in that detail rip
50.   The last kids, 5 F ranks and one D rank make up the last team sighs poor leftovers
51.   Now they’re gonna race for the songs, one B rank redhead is going to run barefoot, I don’t know his name but I’M ROOTING FOR HIM NOW U GOT MY VOTE
52.   Unlike last season, only half of the trainees can get a song they want, the first one to get back with their song gets it, later the ones who made it back first get to choose their opponent from the slower ones
53.   Omg the barefoot B rank is SO FAST I’m just gonna link it here because I cant get a good screenshot just click on this entire comment it’ll open in a new window
54.   Minhyun tried to get Boy in Luv but Daehwi was few seconds faster it is SAD TIME
55.   The fastest in the race gets to choose an opponent first, the slowest last.
56.   Fastest team chooses the leftovers team as their opponent
57.   Minhyuns team gets chosen last bc theyre so hardcore
58.   Omgggg Justin, Zhu Zheng and Ren are all in the Replay group this is HEAVEN
59.   Their rival team with A.Tom, MMO Taewoong and Jaehan are all more intimidating looking guys who really don’t fit the Replay softie concept and they are in despair sighs goddamnit Zhu WHY DID U CHOOSE THEM U ASS
60.   ANYWAYS now to other teams, one team got Infinites Be Mine and wow one of the dudes, Im Youngmin from grade A knows the full choreo and says it’s easier than the Nayana choreo
61.   The first team just discovered that Sunggyu sings 90% of the song and see who gets to sing it
62.   Part goes to FNC Yoo Hwiseung who has such an amazing high note everyone stare at him
63.   WOODAMMMM AND HIS GR8 VOICE he’s gonna get the main vocal part to Mansae everyone are sooooo hype
64.   This is the leftover team who goes against the Woodam Mansae team and they don’t have any good vocals sighs this is so sad poor little kids this is so depressing I just want everyone to do well
65.   Beast Shock team 2 only trainees I know is Donogsu from S.How and that’s it rip
66.   Team 1 has one of the D grade YGk+ kids and Minhyuk who ranked last during ep 1 andddd I don’t know others annnnnnnnnd that group isn’t getting shit done they just play around and don’t get anything decided sighs
67.   The avengers team has Baekho’s team as their opponent
68.   Team 2 has Kim Sangbin from grade A as their salty leader aahahah
69.   Fun fact when I first heard shock I thought they said ‘chug’ and I never really bothered to check it until my Beast biased friend called me out lool he doesn’t think they fit the manly man image for Boy in Luv
70.   BAEKHO STEPPED UP AND SAID THAT THEY HAVE GOOD DANCERS LIKE SAMUEL AND JIHOON PLEDIS FAM ISN’T DEAD
71.   ‘Since they are all popular they are gonna fight over the center position’ aahahah FUCK he’s right they are doing excactly that
72.   JIHOON ACTED WITH BIG BANG???????? WHAT??? W HA T ???
73.   Jihoon became the center that’s what happens when u act with bigbang
74.   JINWOOS TEAM HAS CALL ME BABY he’s the second to last chosen team sighs but he’s with the shy kid Dongbin, Han Minho and pink haired Seokyu with that scandal of him getting beaten up ugh poor baby
75.   Anyways that group has a dance off for the center position and even though most preferred Minho they didn’t say it out loud so Dongbin got it but… he isn’t too good with singing rip
76.   The other Call Me Baby team has Moonbok and everyone are kinda thinking that this team will win just because of him lmao
77.   But Moonbok has major problems learning the choreo so hes both their strong and weak point
78.   SORRY SORRY TEAM 1 HAS HA MINHO and also Kim Namhyung and Cube Yoo Seungho making them decently a strong team unlucky enough to go against Minhyun’s
79.   MINHYUNS TEAM AKA DREAM TEAM THANK U MINHYUN FOR CREATING THE TRUE AVENGERS
80.   Sungwoo said that JR gave leader vibes from the moment he saw him and everyone agree
81.    JR is beating himself up again about becoming the leader I’m so sad if this group is not gonna do well he will take it so bad I’m scared to even think about it
82.   Hyunbin suggests Sungwoo and Daniel for center, Daniel says it’s the best for Sungwoo and everyone agree and Sungwoo fake ugly cries and it’s beautiful I’m so glad my team is friendly
83.   10 out of 10 team has Jisung and Kim Taemin, Jisung gets called ‘artificial flavour’ lmao and Jae Chan becomes the Center
84.   The other 10 out of 10 team has Park Woojin from BNM as the leader and Hotshot Taehyun who actually can do the choreo hook. They also have Yuehua Hyungseob, GON ent Eunki and Yongbin whose ent I forgot but hes the one with the pretty nose lol
85.   Taehyun knows the choreo in another way from as it’s written down and it feels a bit heated
86.   The first team has problems doing the tricky chore but the second one gets it pretty well + they have the K-Tiger Byun Hyunmin so its easier for them
87.   First team has serious problems WHY DID THEY CHOOSE SUCH AN ACROBATIC RIVAL
88.   Now they’re preparing for their stage makeup and clothing and whatnot aaaaaahhh I’m so EXCITED everyone are looking so GOOD
89.   2PM 10 out of 10 teams are gonna go on now I’m SO EXCITED FUCK DUDE
90.   Jisung gets called the ‘master of facial expressions’ that’s a pretty lame name for the meme god
91.   Cut to the practice, team 1 is pretty fucking sad and their center Jae Chan makes mistakes with both singing and dancing
92.   Jisung gets praised for his dance and whatnot, Jae Chan asks for more timie to practice, the rest of the team shut him down and make Jisung the center
93.   This choreo is pretty gay ngl and the song is GREAT
94.   They threw confetti on themselves lmaoo
95.   ONE OF THEM DID A BALLET TWIRL SO CUTE
96.   Team 2 is veeeeery ambitious but Hyungseob is having problems with lyrics
97.   Park Woojin and Taehyun are having problems bc Woojin is the leader but Taehyun leads more and Woojin is sad aw
98.   People are crazy about team 2 lol poor team 1 2 has three A ranks and the k-tiger
99.   Ngl I liked team 1 more but I mean….. 2 flashed abs and flips so they are def gonna win sighs
100.   Can’t believe Park Jihoon is gonna sue Ahn Hyungseob for winking
101.   Lmaoooo Kim Taemin rated the other team 8.5/10 for their performance, Hyungseob said the first team was 8.4/10
102.   It just hit me I wont see like half of my kids again ever after this wow now I’m fucking sad fuck you mnet
103.   SOMEONE CALLED JISUNGS NAME AND THAT BABY STARTED CRYING AAWWHH ‘I was reciognized by someone’ FUCKING CUTE
104.   Oh my god they are revealing the results now I am SADDDD
105.   HYUNMIN SCORED OUT JISUNG I AM SAD
106.   HYUNGSEOB GOT 163 VOTES??? WHAT THE FUCK???????
107.   TEAM 2 WON???? BUT THEY ONLY HAD TWO PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT THE VOTES IN IM SO ANGRY TEAM 1 FUCKING DESERVED THIS AAAAAAGHHHHHH
108.   3000 votes is so much that’s so fucking much
109.   Anyways this was sad 
110. FALSE ALARM FALSE ALARM THIS ISNT OVER I JUST DISCOVERED THE CALL ME BABY CLIP THAT WASN’T UPLOADED BEFORE AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH SAVE ME
111.   Anyways 111 what a gr8 number lets watch Jinwoo be amazing as he always is
112.   Team 1 center is ‘age doesnt matter’ Hyunwoo and he just got scolded by Kahi
113.   Team 1 has Moonbok and Hyunwoo, team 2 has Jinwoo so who’s the real winner here
114.   Kahi lets two other members, Donghan and Woncheol to try out for the center position, Donghan does really well, Woncheol not as well. Hyunwoo apparently looks too strong and ‘not sexy’ in the center position loool
115.   Donghan becomes the new center and Hyunwoo cries poor kiddo ugh 
116.   Moonbok has an energizing effect on everyone ngl its cute lmao he also hides behind Hyunwoo while riding piggyback and pops out during one moment aahahahahah
117.   Aaaaaaaand its STARTING shit son the harmonies are nice, their main vocal is REALLY good and Donghae does amazingly as the center
118.   I mean Moonbok energizing others and being enthusiastic is cute but they are overhyping him a loooooooot
119.   Ok but... let me see Jinwoo... pls... THERE HE IS IN AN OVERSIZED PLLAID KINDA THING
120.   Apparently this team was pretty problematic while practicing and as far as I know they also 1) where the second to last to be chosen and 2) lost this competition ugh
121.    Their center, Dongbin doesn’t know his parts and is.... not good sighs I’m sad he also started crying
122.   Jinwoo has to do all the hard singing parts because he’s the only compentent vocal in the group and just..... ugh poor kid he is going to kill his voice I’m so so so so so sad
123.   LEZZ GO JINWOO IS SO GOOD PLEASE PPL PAY ATTENTION TO HIM 
124.   Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhahahah all the teachers are on the edges of their seats because of how those makeshift vocalists are doing
125.   If Jinwoo doesn’t make it though this evulation I’m going to be really, really, really, really, REALLY sad  
126.   Team 1 has only 2 positions that overdid team 2 positions but they still won bc Jelly Heeseok and Moonbok brought so many votes in. Jinwoo did alright though, not too good but alright
127.   Team 2 lost. Obviously. Ugh. I’m just... sad dude
now it’s really done and it was even sadder than I anticipated
ring me up when u wanna cry about p101 im always up for that 
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pls talk about your thoughts about chanhee and also the other concepts!! I always have such a hard time interpreting music and videos but i love to read about it
“bestie pls share ur thoughts on make your own concepts specifically chanhee’s but any others that are ur fave too 🎤- mar”
omg mar thank you for enabling me all day today 😭🥺🧡 thenks bestie ily :,)) and thank you too anon ! i should preface that T-T i have not read any other theories or analyses so these are just my opinions / impressions but i hope it’s entertaining to read about haha :p ! (feel free @ anyone to add on or share your thoughts too ! :,))
HYUNJAE - okay so audio cues... if you listen to the beginning there’s a sound of a bomb going off before the music starts ? and that ties into the dystopian / cyborg aesthetics that jump out at me of course, but what i immediately thought of was their no air perfo ? like we know hyunjae in the no air mv got that shot where he’s laying in the bathtub filled with water but also their kingdom performance with it also had those underwater shots ! so i think it ties into that... i feel like we saw in gen z, he’s a very straightforward person he says things on his mind which can come off as blunt but he thinks it’s better than not saying it ? which is interesting bc i think that speaks to his self- determined personality, he’s much more inclined to do whatever it takes to get something done, which i think falls perfectly in line with the “make your own air” phrase that he gets, if it’s something he needs he makes it himself, in a situational sense methinks u.u 
 JUYEON - JUYEON’S DJSKHDG i’m waiting for dri’s essay but in essence we see the gen z “juyeon is not such a good boy” shot and these text bubbles that pop up that say “sexy” “you so hot” “such a bad boy” and tbh i like this ‘concept’ ? for him better than his gen z one ? it’s not bc of the concept itself but i like the idea that he can “make your own character” as in he has the capability and power to be whoever he wants to ! you see him throwing white paint at the gen z canvas and i think ?! that’s symbolic of like a fresh canvas ! of remaking himself to whatever he wants bc the canvas is now blank again thanks to the white paint and flowers usually indicate spring ? so renewal and stuff like that ! i really like his, it’s also fun word play on “character” which has been juyeon’s intro in tbz (bc his name sounds like main character in korean) but yea :o ! i really love his the idea he can just repaint / paint over a literal image of him gives it the possibility of becoming smth new and that’s so so cool
CHANGMIN - SCREEEEECH okie um oh boy um *windows shutting down noises* this was so so so very different from his gen z stuff but i actually think BOTH are equally perfect for him ? the way that he set up the sparklers and neon lights on this very obviously trashy and kind of rundown rooftop with the cityline behind him is so ?!?!? LITERALLY making his own stage as his tagline goes, sort of like how the physical stage itself does not matter but rather it’s changmin himself that makes the stage special ! i talked about this in gabi’s set that i rbed ;-;/ but changmin puts a lot A LOT of stake in his position as a dancer it means almost everything to him as a form of expression from what i can see ? so he’s always trying his best to put forward the best performance possible and seeing this segment makes me feel like he’s doing just that ! pouring himself into it to make his stage pls i care him 
HAKNYEON - god i’m a jusadan but just u.u rest in peace me, i’ll ... T_T be kind of honest this one confuses me a little ? i have assumptions and i feel like i know ... quite a bit about haknyeon (LMAO) my best guess is it has smth to do with self assurance ...? the way he’s framed and the fact that he’s sitting on a bed in the middle of a church surrounded by candles gives me christ figure symbolism (where my ap english takers at :/) and the light that perfectly frames him in a halo gives me angel vibes too, but the tagline of “make your own romance” paired with him kissing his reflection makes me think it’s about self love ;;;; from what i can tell haknyeon has always been someone who really likes feeling validated and praised for the stuff he does well, which he does for himself a lot of the times too ! but sometimes i think the self assurances he compliments himself with is more for reassuring himself rather than bragging (which i think people misinterpret) so it’s more about becoming the person he wants to fully love and being happie with himself which *tears* i might be reading too much into who knows i just love him ok ... U.U 
KEBINNN - i know !!! dri mentioned this in my gifset tags but ! kev on kpop daebak (? was it) or smth mentioned how he strives to keep a childlike wonderment for the world around him, which is a reason why i think he loves drawing and sound / music production, he talked in a fancafe post once about an artist who turned mediocre everyday objects into art and he said he really loves that sense of wonderment so peter pan who “never grows up” is actually perfect for his worldview ahhhh T^T also kev really likes disney lmao, the way he’s doing this outside in this “neverland” garden on a balcony which is a part of this very typical apartment backed by a typical city bg also i believe ties into this turning a mediocre everyday thing into smth wonderful through his sense of childlike wonderment and his tagline of “make your own fantasy” (i also care him a lot this concept >>>>>>) and keeps to his referencing movie plotlines like he did in gen z jddkfj
SUNWOO - i also mentioned this in my tags on sunu’s set but this gives me 100 degrees vibes which i still to this day think is one of the most “sunwoo” vibe things ever, it’s a lot of him having fun and doing his own thing, and mixes both more mature and youthful aspects together in a way that i’d only ever describe as sunwoo vibes LMAO like the roller skating around and all the soap bubbles ! cute and youthful ! the crop top and celine wasitband (don’t laugh at me we all noticed) more mature and a callback to his gen z look methinks U.u, think sunwoo has always been a more go-with-the-flow or do whatever he feels like doing sort of person and so “make your own vibe” fits well with him in that sense to me 
SANGYEON - .... *silence* *more windows shutting down noises* *jess.exe has stopped working* OKAY i feel like ! sangyeon’s is also more self explanatory :p i love the juxtaposition of boxing AND the arcade type fighter games ?? like both require very different sets of skills i feel like one is more physical the other is more mental ? but both require adapting to changes whether in the game or the boxing ring which as leader sangyeon would know a lot about, esp being flexible and quick to respond to different situations, and the “make your own glory” i feel is maybe more on the nose, but tbz are this man’s pride and joy you can see it literally anywhere and for him, as leader, to have made it this far with tbz, winning rtk and building their popularity through their hard work and efforts really is building his own glory and i just HHHHHHHHHH
YES EYYSFDHSHF CHANHEE YES - i said it in the tags of my srb before deleting it so i’ll just repeat it here but CHOI CHANHEE !!!!! this detail i didn’t quite process first watch was the continuous flashing of lights in all his scenes, like ... from the shots and the set it looks REALLY empty ?? but the flashing seems to indicate cameras and photos being taken of him despite there being no people we can really see in any of the shots ? WHICH IS SO COOL i think the implication is like “all eyes on him” type which SO TRU i love that idea, like i said the walking past the wedding dresses ? v heavily implies fashion designer which i think you mentioned mar :o ! and i see it in the sense of his tagline “make your own stereotype” bc white wedding dresses are the very traditional / typical choice and obviously feminine in stereotypes, whereas chanhee is wearing a SUIT which is all black in a very clean b/w set with no color which i feel is very stereotypically MASCULINE and the glasses too, it’s such an interesting contrast of his “stereotypically feminine” features (in my view) with very masculine symbols, like glasses we usually associate with more soft hearted / meek stereotypes ? but the geometric shape of the windows and again his suit seems to indicate the very opposite ? it’s a mixing of stereotypes which i think is the point, by putting those together he quite literally makes his own stereotype and puts on the crown while the cameras continue flashing while pointed at him AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YOUNGHOON - okie might have less to say about this one :o i feel like both hak’s and younghoon’s i don’t see the connections quite as readily but ! i think it’s interesting that his tagline is “make your own classic” but then in the scenes itself he has a flip phone ??? with an antenna (okay boomer /j JDHFKFG JK PLS) and a teddy bear while in PERIOD stylized clothing and setting where those two things are more modern / contemporary in origin (but also not modern enough bc ,,, it’s a flip phone LOL) like 90s kid vibes ? you know but as an emperor in the joseon era haha :p while eating shrimp chips and reading a (comic ?) book, like idk too much of what it means but it’s a cool dichotomy LOL, think it might also tie into actor ! hoon bc it’s make your own classic and i think acting has become a very important aspect to him :o after seeing what he’s capable of in love revolution and his atbz video so it’s interesting u.u (need help w/ this one)
JACOB - think my explanation in han’s set’s tags didn’t really make sense so lemme ... reexplain LOL,,, so ! similar to his gen z video ? like he’s talked about how difficult it is to open up about his own feelings etc. and he said it’s less bc he realizes he needs to but rather just to make other people feel more comfortable when it comes to understanding him, and like the whole breaking the mirror with his reflection in the wanna be angry jacob, it’s about freeing himself to the point he can express the emotions he wants to ! in gen z it was about being able to be angry when he felt that way instead of being tied by his image of being just nice ? and in the video with his pilot uniform not only does he control the ride but he also rides on it himself ! quite literally making his own freedom (symbolically), a sort of realizing he can free himself ? from what’s been tying him down and i think the really big smile he has while riding it just comes to show how he wants to feel :,))) (jacob bae i care you) 
ERIC - last one :p AHHH this is one of my favs too, the quite literal “make your own pride” I LOVE IT ! sooo i think the biggest takeaway i got was that of course in this video his “pride” is symbolized by the hot pink car (that he’s going to pick up his christmassy date in of course u.u if he has a license which he does n- his driver’s license in this was literally his aaa / boy version of reveal photo which in no dmv anywhere would a license picture be allowed to look that good-) and LITERALLY when he finished and takes it for a joy ride while sitting on the roof he’s STILL covered in the dirt and grime stains ! from working on it ! which i think is so symbolic ! it’s my favorite detail actually, he literally put sweat into this car which is his pride and now that he’s finally riding around in it, it feels accomplishing ! his pride ! love that, also when he’s grabbing a stub from that flyer i noticed he chose “youth” over the others (which was like .... ca$h, beauty, ice cream, hamburger...) which i think also just indicates that despite all this hard work he put in he still cherishes his youth and still lets that be a huge part of who he is (i mean pink car so of course) so idk i think it’s very neat go bestie mwah
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