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► ZHANG RIAN, 22. haven's maknae & lead vocalist, china based actress. princess, sweetheart, girl of your dreams.

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♛ jonghyun;

Jonghyun simply chuckled at their mistakes, brushing it off without much embarrassment.  That was the best thing about being close with Rian; they could do the stupidest things around each other, and neither of them really judged their actions.  “Yeah, well, your mom is like a genius or whatever, so that’s your best bet.”  The moment his friend began acting cutesy, he felt his face flush red.  He had always been so weak to aegyo, but when it came from Rian, it felt like his heart was going to explode out of his chest.  It was almost too cute to handle, even when she was goofing around.  He choked out a pathetic ‘stop’ as he averted his gaze, trying to steady his heartbeat.  “Right, but it’s still tripe either way.  Just prepared differently,” he nodded at his own point.  Still, he knew that he had never gotten sick from gopchang jeongol, so she had a decent point there.  But maybe that could be explained on the fact that he had literally bought the hot dog on a dirty street.  Oh well.  “Yes I am,” he argued, straightening his posture as he stared her down.  There was no way he would make her pay for their lunch, especially not when he was the reason why they were there to begin with.  “You’re the one tutoring me.  It’s the least I can do.”

In many ways, Jonghyun was one of the best friends that she had. It was nice to have someone that she could freely be silly with, that she didn’t have to worry about him constantly or deal with him trying to baby her, and the fact that most of their fans were supportive of their friendship rather than sending threats her way was even better. Naturally at her age she’d outgrown the aegyo, only doing it every once in a blue moon for variety, but knowing how Jonghyun reacted to it every time only made her go out of her way to do it in his presence. Letting out a loud laugh, she concluded her aegyo with a cheesy wink before walking forward. “There’s probably different health standards for it? Hot dogs are so American... Kind of gross over there,” she mused, crinkling her nose at the thought. “No, you’re not. I’m paying. Stop it,” she shot back, stepping up on her tiptoes to tower over him slightly. After staring him down for a few seconds, she turned to the vendor and bowed sheepishly, giving them a quiet apology. “I’m tutoring you because I want to. You don’t need to pay me back for that. Just let me pay or I’ll scream.”

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♛ jonghyun;

There was a pause as Jonghyun pulled out an empty hand, counting out the time on his fingers with a confused expression present on his face.  “Wait, no,” he frowned, glancing up to her as his head began to hurt from the math.  There was a reason why he hadn’t lasted long in his school’s math club.  “One year and two months.  Damn, it’s a good thing we’re both idols and not accountants.”  He rolled his eyes at her, unable to bite back a smile, “Yeah, okay, you’re the cutest.  We both know that. And even if it’s upsetting, I’ll accept it.”  The thought of what hot dogs were actually made up caused his stomach lurch, especially with how bluntly she had worded it.  It took a moment before he furrowed his eyebrows, “Wait, but we eat gopchang jeongol.  Isn’t that basically the same thing? Minus the butts, I guess.”  He hummed softly in approval at her order, fingers curling around his wallet as he tried to pull out a few notes.  Rian’s protests to his actions made him pause, blinking in surprise before pursing his lips, “Uh, I’m paying, obviously.  What are you doing?”

It was a bit of a shock to find out that her math was wrong, but Rian just laughed it off. Her answer was closer than his was, and it wasn’t a big deal at the end of the day-- if anything, it was a sign that she probably should start going to her general classes when Haven wasn’t in promotion. “Yeah, I guess this is why I leave my finances to my mother,” she agreed with a nod. Hearing Jonghyun state that she was was the cutest between the two of them only brought a wide grin into her face, and she cupped her cheeks with her hands, obnoxiously displaying her aegyo as her form of appreciation. “Gopchang jeongol is a carefully made specialty dish. Hot dogs are an afterthought thrown into a meat grinder to reduce waste costs.” Still, she couldn’t help but grimace at the thought. Both sounded pretty disgusting to her and were something that she’d avoid eating if she could. “Uh, no you’re not,” Rian responded with a childish huff, glaring him down. “I offered, I’m paying. Put your money away.”

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♛ minah;

“I…. can’t even remember…” Minah said biting her bottom lip for a moment trying to remember what they had even asked her. “Oh! It was about which actor I thought was a better kisser, between the two most recent roles I had, and I completely blanked on it.” she said shaking her head with a small giggle. 

Rian let out a laugh upon hearing what the question was, now entirely sure that Minah was overthinking the situation more than she needed to. It was such a common, awkward question, that usually the best method was to not answer it at all. “So you didn’t answer so,you wouldn’t have to put them up against each other and put them in an awkward position,” she replied with a casual shrug. “Simple enough. People probably won’t even notice it when they watch. You’re fine, don’t fret over it.”

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♛ yumin;

Yumin nodded and smiled. “Where do you want to go? I usually go wherever there is ice cream but now that I think about it, I don’t know where exactly you go for ice cream.” It seemed like everyone nowadays had a preferred place to go but not Yumin, she just went wherever it was good. Placing an arm casually over Rian’s shoulder, she looked at her watch and smiled. “I just love it when it’s still early and you have more time to do things.”

Just as quickly as Rian had been prepared to have a treat, her plans were halted. Humming loudly to herself, she racked her mind for any mentions of ice cream places in the area. “I mean, usually I just get mine from the store and hope that no one eats it when I’m gone,” she explained with a shrug. Ice cream wasn’t her go-to dessert, anyway. “How about we look up the nearest place that seems good to us? I don’t think I’m all that picky,” she suggested, absently unlocking her phone to pull up a navigation app. “Yeah, sometimes it’s really nice. But I kind of like knowing that my whole day has gone to something important, you know?”

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♛ jonghyun;

It would be a lie to say that Jonghyun didn’t absolutely adore the way that his friend showed her support.  It helped melt away his insecurities, knowing that she was always standing right behind him with a big old sign that declared her love for him and his work.  It was endearing, to say the least. “That’s just because you’re a maknae.  You know how close I was to being one too?  Two months!” Even if he was loud with his words, it was still very obvious that he was just joking around.  “Two months away from being just as cute as you.  So close, and yet so far.”  He only chuckled as she tried to shove him, shaking his head at how little it did.  “Look, I don’t always trust street food.  I went to New York once and got a hot dog from a vendor on the sidewalk, and that was the worst decision of my life,” he defended himself, raising a hand in the air to show that he had reason to doubt her. Following closely behind his best friend, he kept his head down, just in case.  It was known pretty well by the public that the pair were close, having made a number of ‘best idol friendship’ lists in the past, but they still knew better than to be completely careless.  Lord knew he didn’t need more photos on the internet of him staring at her like she was the sun itself.  Once they came to a halt, he eyed the menu before shrugging, “Just order two of whatever you normally get.”  He might as well stick with something that she knew was good, rather than try something new.  Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his wallet as he waited for her to place their order.

“Two months and two years, nice try,” Rian corrected him with a snort, her expression quickly changing to a pout as she emphasized with him. “Ah, you poor baby. But don’t beat yourself up so badly over it, even if you were UNION’s maknae I’d still be cuter than you.” Her words were spoken with complete seriousness (and arrogance) before she broke out into laughter. “Well, yeah-- hot dogs are just the butts and guts wrapped up in casing, you can’t expect anything good out of that,” She reasoned. Though she wasn’t the most health conscious person out there (especially considering how often she refused to follow a diet), she had her limits and judgments. With a nod, she ordered two pork belly bowls and prepared to pay, only stopping once she noticed Jonghyun moving to do it himself. Though she appreciated the gesture, she was the one that brought up going out to eat in the first place, so she was bent on paying for both their meals. “What do you think you’re doing?” she asked, laughing slightly.

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♛ minah;

Mina smiled and nodded her head. “You have a point. I’m just normally so good at interviews. Guess I was just having an off day.” she said shaking out her hair. “At least my manager didn’t say anything bad about it.”

“What was the question, anyway?” Rian hadn’t originally intended to ask, figuring that the embarrassment was still lingering, but her curiosity was getting the best of her. She never considered herself to be an expert at speaking in interviews since most of the time her charisma and cute mannerisms did the talking for her, but she still had to wonder if it was something she would’ve handled differently. “Yeah, there you go. It was probably something silly that no one’s even going to pay attention to by next week. Someone else will have done something worse by then.”

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♛ minah;

“I can’t believe I completely blanked out during that interview. I’m such an idiot.” Mina said to no one in particular. She shook her head before letting out a small whine and letting her head fall to the table top.

“Hey, don’t be so hard on yourself,” Rian protested with a faint pout on her face. Of course she hadn’t seen the interview in question, but she liked to stay optimistic. “We all have our off days. Better that than totally putting your foot in your mouth and ticking someone off, right?”

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♛ sola;

“We’d find time,” Sola said confidently with a reassuring little nod, smiling brightly at the elder. She was an optimistic kid, to say the very least. “They’re all so pretty…are the very hard to make?” Sola asked with a grin, her eyes sparkling. Any time spent with the elder was time well spent and any opportunity to draw that time out was something she was going to take. She was interested in learning, of course, but she was mostly just excited to spend time with Rian. Watching her fold carefully, she hesitantly reached out for some green ribbon, trying to duplicate what the other had done. “Like this?”

The reassurance was exactly what she needed. As much as Rian preferred having a packed schedule, there was no denying how overwhelming it was, often leaving her feeling as if there were no steady days in her future. “I don’t think it’s too hard, it just takes time. And they look better when you sew them closed instead of using superglue, but I don’t always have the time to sit down with a needle and thread to do it,” she explained, working the thread slowly in her hands as she multitasked, glancing over on occasion to see if Sola was following her correctly. Since she’d spent so much of her life sitting around in hospitals, she had a knack for any craft that allowed her to idly use her hands-- but whether or not she could actually teach the same skills that felt like muscle memory to her was another story. “Yeah, you’ve got it. Just pull the string a little tighter before you knot it so it won’t get out of shape later. You just have to do this one more time but smaller, and then sew it on top. Then you’ve got your first flower.”

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♛ yumin;

She laughed, partly because of her feigning innocence and the other because she knew exactly what she was talking about. It had been a while since these two had spent some time together, what with their busy schedules and all. “I guess this means going on a trip to the ice cream shop right? Or maybe grab some froyo?”

Rian gently nudged at Yumin’s side in a playful manner, glad that she picked up on her act. “I’ve been feeling good, I think today can be an ice cream day.” She decided with a firm nod of her head. The forced diets that she refused to follow were hard enough, but having to restrict herself (even if it was truly for her own good and comfort) was even worse. “Are you all free, can we go now?”

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♛ sola;

The trainee beamed brightly, gently taking the clip with a little bow. “Ah, thanks unni! It’s so pretty…” she murmured, putting it in her hair and quickly pulling out her phone and using the front-facing camera to check herself out (Rian had been right–it looked good on her). “Oooh, you need to teach me how to make them and I’ll help you. We can just dedicate a day to making them….what if we both made one for each other? That would be so cute!”

“Dedicate a whole day? I don’t know...” Rian questioned with doubt. Whenever that next day would be, she had no idea-- and chances were, she wouldn’t even recognize that free day for what it was until it had already passed. “That sounds like a good idea, though! We can start off with the five petal one and work up to the rose.” Instantly jumping into teaching mode, she unraveled another strand of ribbon from the spool and began folding it, going over the steps in her head as she prepared to show them to Sola. “I don’t think it’s too hard, you just have to sit down with it for a while. Go ahead and pick your color.”

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♛ jonghyun;

Jonghyun let out a loud bark of a laugh at her obvious lie.  If he had to make a list of his biggest supporters, Rian would be third after his parents, Teo coming in a close fourth.  She was hardly shy about her support for him, having once showed up to his showcase with a glittery sign of his name and some very, very loud cheering.  He would be lying if he said that he didn’t appreciate her enthusiasm.  “Maybe I am jealous.  Maybe I want to be the cute one.  Have you ever thought about that, Rian?”  He did his best to keep his tone serious, but was unable to hold it long.  “You’re the one who said it first!  I was just repeating the term that you used!”  Reaching out, he gave her a playful shove.  “Yeah, yeah, I’ll do that next time.  But first we have to eat,” he shot up as quickly as she did, already hovering by the door by the time she had secured her bag.  Holding it open for her, he let her lead the way.  “If this isn’t the best street food I’ve ever had, I’m blaming you.”

Rian couldn’t even feign offense as he continued to laugh at her. Just like her shows of affection, her shows of support bordered on obnoxiously embarrassing as well. “Well tough luck, duck! I was here first, so don’t step on my turf. You can be cute, but I’m always gonna be cuter. Just the laws of nature, baby.” It wasn’t difficult for her to maintain a serious expression throughout, both thanks to her acting skills and the fact that this was a conversation that she had fairly often. “Don’t take everything I say so literally!” she whined, shoving him back though it didn’t have nearly the same impact. They might have matched in height, but she was still a twig compared to him. “Excuse you! Do you really think I would feed you bad food? You have such little faith in me as your friend, I’ve done nothing to deserve this.” When exiting from the building to outside, Rian had to remind herself to keep her voice down. They might not have been doing anything wrong, but with enough gossip people would turn nothing into something, and the last thing she wanted was for their lunch break to turn into some buzzing topic on Pann. Though she didn’t make any attempts at hiding her face, she did walk with a quickness towards the vendor, pointing down the the sign once her and Jonghyun came to a stop.

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♛ zhen;

Zhen scrunched up her face. “They wouldn’t dare. I love the pink. Oh man if they dyed it……” she shook her head quickly, holding onto a strand. “I’d dye it right back. It’s staying like this until I get tired of it.” She was stubborn, but she wasn’t stupid–she’d probably do nothing if they dyed it. Besides get mad and want to hit something. “The silver is a good look for you–hopefully they’ll let you keep it a little longer. If you throw a fit, they’ll let you do anything I’d bet. I mean, you’re a Haven member. You have a lot more pull than I do.”

“Just wait. The second you get super attached to it, like your hair’s about to actually grow out pink attached--” Rian made a chopping motion with her fingers to finish her point. “They’ll say something about change is good even when literally no one wanted the change.” One thing she’d quickly learned over the years was to never get attached-- to a person, to a hairstyle, to anything, but that still didn’t stop her from moping for almost a week when her hair was cut into a bob. “I think I’ll probably get to keep it until I pick up another role and their stylists take over. But I’m tired of sitting around, so that might be sooner than it sounds. Eh... Throwing fits doesn’t get me what I want as much as it probably should. It’s usually just in one ear and out the other. Never liked doing it in the first place... But you have more pull than you think.”

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♛ sara;

“Some days it does. Today, I was in the studio from 5:30 until about ten minutes ago, and then in an hour and a half, I have a fitting. And then as soon as that over, I get to rush over to a meeting and a pre-debut interview with some reporter or something. And then, I probably get to go back to the studio until I’m ready to drop dead and maybe if I’m lucky someone will drag me home,” she laughed. Sara couldn’t remember the last time she’d eaten a meal at home (which was really unfortunate, because Kyu was a great cook and she missed real food). She knew, though, that Rian had a hard time always getting all the way through practices, so she knew her struggle wasn’t the same. “She is, I haven’t had to prove myself yet. I don’t know why they picked me for the leader; I’ve always just been the one that people stare at. It’s….” she sighed, trailing off. “It’s coming. I doubt that sometimes, but it is.”

Rian couldn’t lie, she kind of wished that she had that kind of schedule. In Haven’s earlier days, the innocent image was pushed onto her so much that she barely had much of a schedule besides performances and school, and now she felt like she had to work twice as hard to play catch up with the rest of the girls. Acting was like her own little thing, which was nice, but did it really count when she was barely in Korea to do it? “You’ll get through it, unnie! You always do.” She clapped, hoping to give the other encouragement. “You have the most experience out of the bunch, and you have a knack for taking care of people. There’s no reason why you wouldn’t be a good leader,” she answered with a comforting smile. “It’s probably hard to see it for your perspective, but once everything comes together, you’ll see how great you’ve been doing. Don’t be so hard on yourself.”

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♛ jonghyun;

“Co-write,” he corrected her, as if it made much of a difference, “and I didn’t mean to say it in the first place.  I guess I’m just too talented for my own good, huh?”  There was a smug look on his face, but his words did not hold much weight.  He wasn’t a cocky person – in fact, he was very insecure about himself and his skills.  That was one of the reasons why he depended so much on Hyosang’s songwriting abilities; sure, he could write a few lines of lyrics, but that didn’t make a whole song. “You’re right about both of those things.  If you’re always cute, then I’m always a butt.  That’s the effect you have on me,” he flashed a wide grin at her, eyes practically disappearing with their curve, before dissolving into a few more giggles.  “Don’t you mean monthly mentions?”  He teased her, reaching out to lightly poke her side, “Cloud isn’t a very common word, you know.”  Straightening his posture, he cleared his throat dramatically before continuing on with his reading, “He hurriedly chased the black cloud away and made the rain stop… Okay, see, I could have figured that one out if I had read more.  Context clues and all that.”  He powered through the blush that spread over his cheeks, embarrassed that he had even needed help in the first place with such an easy word.  “The sky was finally clear, and the three friends went again to play and dance among the flowers. The end.  Time for food.”

“I’m giving you a lot of credit, you should probably just take it. It’s not like I do this very often.” Rian wagged a finger in his direction, though she know it was false. It was just in her being to praise the people she cared about in every way that she could, and Jonghyun was next in line for that behind her mother and Yewon. “I make you be mean, really? Because I’m cute? It sounds like you’re jealous, that’s the only thing that makes sense. It’s okay, we can both be cute as long as you recognize that I’m cuter. Oh my god, stooooop,” she whined, plugging her ears with both fingers before flinching when he poked at her. Even if she didn’t want to admit it, she was rather sheltered, and the topic made her a bit uncomfortable. “Yeah. Sometimes it helps to read a few sentences in your head before you say it out loud. Try that next time if you see a word you don’t get right away,” She suggested, clasping her hands tightly in excitement as he got to the end of the page. “Finally, slowpoke! Let’s go, quick break,” she teased, grabbing her bag from the foot of her chair as she made her way towards the door. If she had to wait any longer, her stomach would probably start eating itself, and if they made it down just for the vendor to have left already, she’d probably cry.