heâll never get used to thisâto meeting sunbaes, working with idols who he watched on youtube or naver and emulated to be one day, some day. the hiccup in his pulse, the cold sweat, the profuse redness in his cheeks, haneul doesnât think thoseâll wear off. for someone who was raised to be nothing but prim and proper, he isnât doing a good job at keeping his cool.
eunjiâs different like that.Â
since her debut, haneul has been a fan. a big one. he never missed a comeback, a song, an album. and eunji is far more than just his favourite member; sheâs his ideal type. the perfect blend of pretty, cute, talented. (sexy, too, but just thinking that word makes him more nervous than he ought to be.) after years of admiring from afar, heâs face to face with her. without his members to back him up. alone. (except, hello, radio host.) it should be an opportunity to snatch, to voice heâs fan and thinks highly of her. but haneul awkwardly stands there, hyper aware of everything. like heâs too bulky, all shoulders and legs (heâs nit-picking as a distraction).Â
becauseâhe canât just stare at her face. thatâd be creepy. so he kinda half pulls out the chair for her to sit, half toddles backwards because he might be getting too close. he rubs his nape; no, he isnât good a this.
âi⌠wouldnât think any less of you if you didnât take care of meâŚâ hopefully, that sounds as much as a compliment as he intended, but haneul is wary of himself. âi mean, youâre an amazing sunbae.â and he flushes scarlet, breath catching in his throat when she touches himâdonât freak out, donât freak out, donât freak out.Â
âmhm, i am. itâs one of my first solo endeavors, so iâm not used to going at it alone. iâm afraid am a bitâŚâ disclaimer: warning, haneul shifts his gaze to the water bottle, seeing a distorted self-reflection. ânew to this. âm sorry if this will burden you!âÂ
She wasnât used to having people like her based solely on her group. When it comes to their group activities, Eunji didnât think that they made much of a splash with the public, at least not on as grand of a scale as other groups had. She knew that when it came to popularity and brand ranking amongst the groups and artists that were signed under Dimensions, Gal.actic fell short.Â
They were the group who made the least out of all of the Dimensions artists. They had been around for nearly a decade and hadnât had the fortunate experience of getting their first win yet. They didnât have much of a fan base, the majority of it consisting of creepy, older men and young, adolescent boys. Personally, she would have thought that she gained more attention through her acting roles than through her work with Gal.actic, which was why she wasnât aware of the people who were in fact fans of hers through the music that she released with her group.
âAh, youâre so cute!â Eunji couldnât help but gush over his sweet words, her hands coming together in front of her as she smiled brightly at him, obviously overjoyed by what he was saying. âI would think less of myself if I didnât take good care of you, so Iâll be sure to make you feel as at home and comfortable as possible.â There was a need for her to look at him and take him in, to protect him from the world and to make sure that no harm would come this way. She knew how horrible the world could be, especially to idols, and she didnât think he deserved to see that, let alone experience it. Like a good sunbae, she would try to be a helpful and effective guide for him.
âItâs not a burden at all.â She could understand what it felt like being in his shoes, and she didnât want him to feel as though he was a problem for her. âWeâre going to have a lot of fun today, donât worry!â She picked up the headphones that were designated for Haneul, holding them out towards his head. âHere, let me help you put these on. They can be a little complicated to work out.âÂ