#hometownglory

hometown glory

sangyeonrk​:

once he’s satisfied with the pictures, sangyeon starts smiling as he scrolls through the pictures sent in their group chat. he remembers to save them to his own phone as well. “thanks hyung, you’re the best!” after pocketing his phone and looking around some more, he briefly wonders what it would have been like had he not been born in seoul and instead was born elsewhere. 

“is being here the same as before or is it different since you’re older now and well, an idol?” he doesn’t know how long taeyong lived here before but after being away for awhile, one is bound to become a little bit homesick. sangyeon feels that even now and he could easily visit his family in an hour so he can’t imagine what it’d be like for someone in another country. 

he stretches his arms out towards the sky and loves the feeling of the sun on his skin. “what should we do now with the free time we have, hyung? i wanna do so much here but i don’t think that’s possible.” jutting his lips out in a pout, he tries to think of what he wants to see at least but he has no clue. “take the lead, hyung! you know more things around here than i do.”

taeyong makes sure to save the best picture as his contact picture for sangyeon — his members are lucky that he’s not the type to save embarrassing selfies of them as contact pictures. he reckons that maybe hyun or jace do something like that, he’s never seen their contact lists before but he bets the health of his hair that that’s indeed the case. however, taeyong is alsothe kind of person to constantly gush about how good-looking his members are — like a mother would do. insufferable sometimes, but loving nonetheless.

“no, i don’t think it’s the same now — and that’s a good thing!” taeyong says earnestly — he hasn’t been to the states at all for a long time, and much has changed. taeyong’s all for the change, though — everything seems so much more advanced now, efficient.”like… it’s weird that i’m back and people recognize me as something when before i was a regular person.” not to say he’s nota regular person, but he’s definitely not treated like a regular person anymore — whether he likes it or not. and he likes it, most of the time. it’s just something that he isn’t quite sure he’ll ever really get used to.

taeyong takes a quick glance at the street signs, eyes narrowing as he reads from lengths away. good thing he has his contacts in. “ we’re in santa monica, so the beach is nearby — there’s also just a lot of things to see when you walk that way. we can even go on the pier if you like!” he wraps an arm around the younger’s shoulder — thankful that they’re around the same height for him to be comfortably doing this. “if you see something you wanna get on the way there, i’ll get it for you! just let me know ~”

hometown glory

sangyeonrk​:

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sangyeon had never flown on a plane before, let alone left the country. his first trip and it was to los angeles to film their comeback music video. experiencing all these firsts was overwhelming at the beginning but it was so worth it in the end. 

he can barely contain his excitement the whole time. like a kid in a candy shop, sangyeon wanted to see everything that la had to offer. of course, that would be physically impossible in one day but he can try for a few things, right? 

tugging on taeyong’s sleeve, sangyeon pointed towards a palm tree. “i can’t believe that’s a real palm tree! an actual los angeles palm tree! hyung, quick, take a photo of me standing next to it!”

taeyong’s eyes had been fixated outside his seat window well before they landed in california — it’s been a long time since he’s seen the view, the way that the coast curves in, how he can see the great expanse of big cities next to huge mountains and wildnerness. so much open space in comparison to korea, he feels like he can breatheagain. he makes note not to actuallytake in a deep breath as they touch down, though, because he knows that he’s too used to korea’s much cleaner air and doesn’t want to choke on the smog that lingers around.

taeyong laughs endearingly at sangyeon — he feels like he himself should be more excited to be here, but he just chalks that up to being somewhat of a local. he remembers walking down streets similar to these, and palm trees are constant images engrained in his memory. taeyong remembers acting like when he first saw how greenkorea’s plants are — so he understands sangyeon’s enthusiasm.

“okay, okay, i’ll take one with my phone,” he says, digging his phone out of his pocket and snapping a carefully positioned picture of sangyeon with as many palm trees he can fit in the background, “i’ll send it to the group chat so the others can see how handsome you are, sangyeon-ah.” taeyong laughs once more, then sighs contently. “the weather’s really nice — ah, i’ve missed this place so much.”

My angel ❤️

Hometown glory makes me so emotional, makes me love my hometown and the people there