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he’s still smiling, eyes scanning the comments as he reaches up to adjust the pillow between his neck and the wall, when haknyeon’s voice sounds from across the room. ricky sends his smile to the maknae, then glances back at the screen. the falter in his smile is nearly imperceptible to the untrained eye (but certainly the glint in his eyes dulling is a little more noticeable) as haknyeon’s stage name takes over, overloading the comment stream in at least three different languages.
“ah, junju-yah,” he calls, mostly fondly, beckoning him over with a smile and an extended arm despite the shadow cast just behind his eyes, inviting him to sit on the bed next to him, “they want to see you.”
he’d simply made a little cameo, had said his name as a greeting, not expecting much. he’s on his way to the kitchen, to grab a snack, when ricky calls out his name. he thinks that maybe the older boy wanted him to grab a snack for him as well, but his next words caught him slightly off guard.
“oh? me?” he heads back to the room, and peeks his head through the side. “really?” he points to himself, blinking before walking towards ricky. he takes a seat beside the older boy, and notices the comments flooding in at a rapid rate –– he manages to catch a few of them, though he’d noticed a lot of “JUNJU!!!!!” in all caps.
he allows himself to get comfortable and waves to the camera. “hi everyone! it’s junju!” making a heart he begins to read the comments. “yes ~ i already ate! i was on the way to grab more snacks actually,” he smiles. do a vlive too junju! “but i’m doing one right now aren’t i?” he laughs, before he remembers that he’d actually walked in on ricky’s. “ah, but i can do one later! lets watch yuchan hyung’s one right now!” he adds, turning to look at ricky.
if haknyeon’s being honest, their schedule so far isn’t exactly jam packed. it’s still kind of odd to him, how some months there’s no time to do anything, and others, it felt like there was too much time. haknyeon had personally found himself going on vlives more often, and interacting with fans through sns more. that aside, with his newer role of main rapper, he’d spent a good amount of his free time still in the practice room, working on refining his skills.
though for today he’s hanging around the dorms, and the thought of going on vlive crosses his mind, only for him to find out that ricky’s already on. he blinks and turns to look around the dorm, briefly remembering that ricky’s there as well. in his haknyeon-like fashion, he walks towards the older boy’s room and pops his head through the door.
“hyung? you’re on vlive?” he says cheerfully, smile bright. “hi everyone! it’s junju!” he beams, waving (though he’s not sure if the camera catches this, or just his voice), before he waves to ricky and heads back to his room. he doesn’t want to intrude, maybe he’ll hold a vlive of his own later, but for now he knows that ricky’s already online.
surprise LIVE!
per_se : 1 YEAR!!! ILY!!!
initially he had planned to write a long and cheesy instagram post. yet that didn’t seem like enough to convey his gratitude to the fans –– words were powerful, but he’s sure that they’d probably at least like to see his face. now that their promotions are over, they don’t exactly have a schedule packed for the month to actually meet their fans, and haknyeon thinks it’s about time he’s started doing more vlives.
he takes a moment to think about what to title it, but settles on something simple and straightforward. “1 year!! ily!!!” he smiles and clicks start. it’s much different than an instagram live, because the hearts begin pouring in and haknyeon stares into the camera for a good few seconds, unknowing if anyone’s gonna watch. but they do and he smiles as he looks at the numbers increasing. he begins to read the comments.
“oppa, are you just going to stare at the camera? say something!”
immediately he turns to look at the camera, away from the comments and laughs shyly. “oh! sorry! i was really fascinated!” he laughs. at that he clasps his hands together and notices that the viewer count has increased, there’s a good number of people watching him now.
“everyone! it’s our one year already!” he beams, and he claps his hands together, smiling wide. “can you believe it’s already been one year with per_se? i wanted to celebrate it with all of you, that’s why i decided to do this vlive!” he continues, and he watches as the number of hearts continue to increase. “it’s something really special to me, and something that i think could only be achieved thanks to our fans! i can say thank you a million times but it’ll never be enough,” his words are sincere as he speaks, and he knows they aren’t face-to-face, but he hopes that his genuine gratitude can reach them. “i was going to write a long… cheesy… instagram post… but i wanted to be able to share this moment with all of you!” he smiles.
from the corner of his eye he spots a comment that says “do you miss hugo?” but he ignores it –– he has to. he’s not too sure if he’s allowed to speak on it, if the company might come after him if he does. it’s not exactly a situation that he can speak so candidly about.
the vlive proceeds, and haknyeon continues to read other comments. “what have you been doing lately?” a comment asks.
“me? i’ve been practicing of course~ i’ve been working really hard on my rapping and dancing and singing too! i want to make sure ceo hyunbin doesn’t call me a terrible singer!” he adds the last part cheekily, referring back to when the ceo had called him a terrible singer on television. it’s not as though hyunbin would watch these vlives, right? he’s sure a little playful jab wouldn’t hurt.
another comment catches his attention.
“i didn’t know you were friends with anna!”
he smiles as he answers, “we are! anna noona and i went to the same highschool! she’s a year older than me and we didn’t see each other much in highschool since she was a trainee back then, but we got a lot closer after i debuted! she’s a dependable senior!”
“are you close to convex?”
“definitely! i have a few friends in convex~ we’re buddies!” he smiles widely. it’s always fun to talk about his friends, and the friendships he’s made. “sang–– ah, link, haru, micha and i were actually all in a dance crew before we became trainees. it’s crazy right? then i became a trainee, and then link hyung, then micha, then haru… then we all debuted! they’re really close friends of mine! and they’re really talented too! how can i not be a consta when they have so many handsome members right?” he cheekily raises his eyebrows. “ah… but my bias is actually jinwook sunbaenim,” he laughs before he makes a heart with his hands. “jinwook sunbaenim, i love you!”
more comments continue to flow in, and it’s getting a little tough for him to read them one by one. but he notices the interest in his idol friends, and decides to speak about it.
“other idols i’m close to? i’m really close to de:code’s shion and a.c! jihoonie… seonho…” he calls out their name playfully. “i remember crying at jihoon’s graduation because i was sad that he was leaving school! super embarrassing right? but that’s how close we were,” he smiles fondly at the memories, and makes a mental note to check on jihoon. “and i’m really close to seonho too! we have a lot of history together,” he smiles, but ends it at that –– he isn’t going to disclose just how much history they have of course.
“of course i’m close to and*roma! they’re our sister group!” he says with a smile. “darae noona is like my nova mum! she took such great care of me when i first entered nova, i’ll forever be grateful to her!” he beams. “speaking of which, and*roma just had a comeback so be sure to listen to the song lots! i’ve been listening to it nonstop because it’s so good,” he holds up his phone and shows the and*roma album that he’s liked on melon. “and*roma is the best!” at that, he puts a thumbs up.
“if darae is your mum, then is hui your dad?”
haknyeon laughs out loud before he nods his head. “yes! you are one hundred percent correct!” the accuracy in that statement has him giggling a little more. “actually, let me tell you a funny story about hui hyung and i! when i first entered the company, hui hyung was like… a legend! like a legend among legends in the b-boying world! so of course i had to ask him to practice with me and help me train, right?” the comments begin pouring in with yes huidong oppa is a legend! and haknyeon nods. “and once while we were training, he was teaching me how to do this trick. it was really tough, but after trying a few times i got it! i was so happy and excited that i looked up at him and i said thanks dad! i called hui hyung dad!” he’s giggling as he tells the story, his encounter with hyung. he doesn’t think he’s shared this story anywhere else before, but what better time to share it then now during his vlive, right? “that was so embarrassing! and he just looked at me all surprised,” at this, he attempts to imitate huidong’s expression at that time, but he’s still laughing. “hui appa, hui appa,” he adds, smiling as he reads the comments, most of which were full of laughter.
“i actually have a lot of funny anecdotes with all the members! like that one time jungwoo hyung and i got matching couple bracelets but we lost them and had to get new ones! and when i accidentally back hugged ricky hyung when i was still a newer trainee! that was actually quite scary,” he shudders a little, “but we’re closer now of course! and when hosung hyung and i went on an adventure in morocco!” these are fond memories of his, and he almost lets slip a memory he’s shared with hugo, but catches himself before doing so.
he’s careful not to let his expression slip, and quickly he turns back to the comments.
“can you say i love you noona?”
haknyeon reads the comment out loud and looks at the camera. “okay! be sure to record this alright?” he smiles. “noona, i love you!” he says, before he continues. “and for our male fans, hyung, i love you!” lifting both his arms, he makes a heart shape over his head.
“hyung loves you a lot junju”
he giggles at the comment and makes a heart finger. “i love you more hyung!” he says, scrunching his nose in an attempt to cutely show how serious he was at loving.
another comment immediately catches his attention, and at this haknyeon bursts into laughter.
“5 hyunbin sajangnims or a 5 year old hyunbin sajangnim?”
he’s laughing as he reads the comment. usually you’d expect to see this question about the members but seeing one about your ceo is something he honestly didn’t think would happen.
“ah… do i have to answer this? i’d rather not…” he replies. “it’s so funny just thinking about it. imagine me bowing 90 degrees to a five year old and greeting him with hello sajangnim!” he laughs. the image itself is funny to just think about. “for this… pass!”
haknyeon continues to read the comments, unaware of how much he’s been talking –– mostly because he’s having such a great time communicating with the fans.
“put on some filters!”
“filters?” he repeats, fiddling with the screen. “ah… here we are!” he begins to play with a bunch of them, from a cat filter, to one of him in a beret, to a filter of him as a dinosaur.
he opens his mouth wide, like how a dinosaur would and smiles. “this is how much i love you!” he says, and he attempts to open his mouth even wider, only to accidentally choke on his own spit.
there’s a lot more talking during the vlive, most of which is full of haknyeon thanking the fans, and sharing stories that he can remember. like how nervous he was during their debut, and how happy he was when they celebrated his birthday with him. it’s only when a notification saying “your phone is at 20%” pops up, does he gasp a little.
“everyone! i didn’t realize i’ve been on vlive for so long!” he says, blinking at the screen. “i had so much fun talking to you that i didn’t notice how fast time flew by!” he smiles at the screen, glad to have spent his time talking and communicating with the fans. “i wish i could stay and talk for another hour but the phone is running out of battery! and i need to go back and practice,” he pouts a little at this, but he knows that he has to train. “thank you so much for loving per_se! we only made it to this one year milestone because of you guys! please look forward to what else we have in store!” he reaches out for the phone and feels a little sad, honestly, that he has to end this vlive. “bye bye everyone! i love you!” he kisses the screen and the live ends.
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if he’s being completely honest, he’s still reeling in from the losing a member. he knows it’s ‘show biz’ and that they aren’t the only group to have gone through this, but that doesn’t make things any much easier. haknyeon would like to think that the members of per_se have created a special bond, that they were more than just in it for the business, that there were layers to this team.
he sits by the practice room and stares at the article. it’s out; and now everyone knows that they’ve lost a member. he understands that hugo had to leave, yet he’d be lying if he said he wished he didn’t. it’s the few words at the end of the article that capture his attention.
confusion is what he feels. had he read it wrong? immediately he turns to ricky and passes the older boy his phone. “hyung,” he says, and he points to the article he’d been reading. “did you see this? it’s an article about hugo hyung leaving. but… at the end,” he furrows his brows, “it said that nova isn’t commenting on whether or not we’ll be adding a new member… even though sphere has.”
and this isn’t something unheard of –– nova doing something without telling the members. after all, haknyeon had only learnt of his stage name the day his teasers were released. “do you think they’ll add a new member?” he asks, voice softer.
trying to build up reward app points w/ @rkrxcky
everyone has their favorite convenience store. the one where you’d alwaysgo to, even coming to the point where an employee would give you an extra rice ball without pay. jungeun’s favorite, in particular, was a 7/11 near a dance studio she frequented at in hongdae. she didn’t realize how much she took korean 7/11′s for granted—until she went to america. she would neverforget the unappetizing “fresh” food she saw, sadly rolling away on metal rings. ( if food were animated, she might’ve helped them escape. ) she recalls her cousin once telling her to buy a buffalo chicken wing. no thanks, i’ll just stick with my lays and slurpee. in comparison, she rarely thought twice about buying fresh food from anyconvenience store back in seoul. which is why she found herself walking towards her favorite rice balls, which should be renamed into jungeun’s rice balls, eyes widening as there was only oneleft.
“i’m taking that.” jungeun announces to a hooded figure standing in front of the cooled rice ball shelving. she wasn’t sure if they even wanted a rice ball but she didn’t care. what i want, i’ll get—or whatever ariana grande said.
