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[srvnyi]

sunyi tried to not look too much like a deer somehow still caught in the headlights as she walked backstage once the music show finished wrapping, now quietly passing dressing room doors on her way to hand back her cue cards. in the years since rejectz had debuted she certainly couldn’t count as a newcomer to places like this anymore, but she rarely was in production studios representing her group on her own; this was one of few times that she had served as a special guest mc for a music show when higher needed to send another one of their artists as a substitute, and once she mentioned it to her sister, sunjoo didn’t pass on the chance to use sunyi as an excuse to see jaebin as well.

as she rounded the corner to hand her cards back in the right place, she saw nathan wrapping up the wires from his mic pack so he could hand his equipment in as well. “oh, uh, hi,” she stumbled over her greeting slightly, feeling a little bad about possibly interrupting whatever he could be doing but wanting to take to him nonetheless. “congrats on juno’s comeback, the vocals in the song are really amazing,” sunyi just started to not feel self conscious before she stumbled over herself half a moment later, “i mean, not that the rest of the song isn’t also great, i just really liked the harmonies you guys built.”

@rvnate

[srvnyi]

hope.

“you know, i haven’t ever dressed particularly masculine before. i didn’t think it would suit me, but i kind of like it,” hoa admitted, looking at her outfit for the idol project audition stage. “the suspenders are really fun…”

“i think it looks cool, i’ve never worn suspenders before but i like the color of yours,” sunyi agreed, “if dohee wasn’t the one in charge of putting me in our all black outfits i probably would’ve chickened out of it the first time, and that’s just all black dresses.”

[srvnyi]

“congrats on debuting, i guess,” sunyi giggled, already failing at pretending to give sunjoo a hard time about her debut. sunjoo was always better at actually being harsh anyway, and sunyi had already been excitedly talking about every detail that her sister had shared with her about violetta over the past few weeks. “it’s crazy that spotlight named your group’s first song after you.”

@rvjulie​

[srvnyi]

deokjun.

“it’d be lame, but at least it’d be useful. those mc’s could walk away with basically a free accountant session,” deokjun laughed. 

“hey, why would it be lame? do you think that anyone else could do that as a show corner?”

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hasik.

“you sound like hyosang trying to justify naming his dog brick,” hasik teased. “pets with weird names are always ten times more fun, though.”

“well when you compare it to brick it makes it way harder to find a good name, the bar is way too high now,” sunyi shook her head, “you’re right though, i think i’m just overthinking it again. it’s not like the bunny will actually care what his name is.”

[srvnyi]

sookie.

“alright, no new releases until 2021. spring at the very least,” sangsuk sighed, throwing her phone aside, finished looking at comments on i’m the trend. “i need a fucking nap for three months.” // @rvvia· @rvdohee· @rvdoah· @srvnyi· @rvevie·

“okay, that’s cheating at taking a break,” sunyi protested, “there’s barely any days left in this year, of course our next comeback isn’t until 2021.” she didn’t care that somehow they weren’t squeezing one last comeback again into the year, but sunyi knew sookie and that she was probably telling herself that this finally counted as relaxing for once when it came for writing and leading their group. she sighed at sookie’s last comment, “if you can nap for three months straight i might actually think you’re superhuman.”

[srvnyi]

deokjun.

“do you think math is a good enough special talent?’ deokjun mused aloud. “rewind is going on weekly idol and i can’t think of anything cool to put on a profile. how lame would it be to say i could do your taxes as a special talent…”

“if it helps, people keep asking me when i’m gonna change my special talent to not be playing the tuba,” sunyi shrugged, “math problems might be a little more doable on a variety show segment than doing someone’s entire taxes for them in like a three-minute show corner.”

[srvnyi]

joori.

“oh, i’m convinced,” joori’s said with a tiny smile, gaze pointed. she was a closeted lesbian who’d been in the industry for more than a decade– the ways higher and rejectz were trying to explain away the very clear tone of their song and video to make sure the censors didn’t go to town was kind of cute. “just like i’m convinced that the song was entirely via’s idea and direction and the other five of you just went along with it….”

“via does have great ideas,” sunyi added, feeling her cheeks flush ever so slightly from joori’s tone and the expression on her face that seemed to show sunyi that she saw right through the excuse rejectz had decided on. well, she admitted to herself, that and partially being caught off guard that joori would’ve paid attention to their comeback at all after years of sunyi looking up to juliette. “i think we were all really excited about this comeback, i’m glad so many people like it.”

[srvnyi]

pansy.

“well, i think you convinced the censors of that, at least. as surprised as i am that they let you guys perform that on tv and that they air the video, it’s super exciting to see. definitely a good step in the right direction.”

“i’m definitely glad we got to perform it, we were all really excited about this comeback,” part of sunyi was still a little hesitant to just completely disregard pretending that there was nothing there in oh my god to censor, though it clearly seemed that pansy didn’t care about that. “i think sangsuk’s had her ideas for weeks now, maybe longer.” 

[srvnyi]

chase.

“i’m sure you all felt very empowered,” chae agreed innocently, trying not to grin. “tell bia she did a great job with that choreography. it was so cool and artsy and suited the song perfectly.” not that the rest of the song wasn’t great too. chaeneul was just primarily a dancer– of course that was what she noticed first.

“thanks, i really like hobgoblin too,” she replied earnestly. “i’ll be sure to tell bia that you liked it, i thought the way she included the backup dancers was cool but i also figured i’m probably a little biased.”

[srvnyi]

ahki.

“and h2h’s last music video was about me finding love,” ahki answered sarcastically. “whatever you say– it was a really cool music video anyway.”

“hey, i liked that music video,” sunyi laughed. “thanks though, i really liked it. i feel like most of the time i prefer filming videos that have more scenes with the whole group together, but oh my god was still fun.”

[srvnyi]

bianca.

“okay, don’t take this the wrong way because it was a great song and your group is great but….” bianca paused. she’d been told she needed to think before she spoke, and so she was trying to now. “the line distribution is definitely… interesting.”

sunyi faltered once she heard the other girl’s comment. she never knew how exactly to respond to people’s valid criticism of rejectz’s line distribution. she couldn’t entirely speak for the other members who normally got shortchanged for the amount of lines they got, but the closest sunyi and sangsuk ever got to fighting came when their leader tried to give her any substantial part at all knowing that sunyi still got intimidated being in the center onstage. “i, um,” she started, knowing how stupid her words were probably going to sound once she actually said them, “i alway ask for the smallest part in our songs.”

[srvnyi]

river.

“it, uh,” daeyeon tried somewhat unsuccessfully to stifle a quiet chuckle. “it sure does seem to be.” rejectz by nature went against the grain with their releases, but he couldn’t say he hadn’t been (pleasantly) surprised at just how far they’d taken it this time, both with the musical direction and the content. “that article really went there with the headline, huh? you guys must be pleased it’s being received so positively, though - a couple of years ago censors would’ve been all over it.”

“hey, are you laughing at our comeback?” sunyi joked, “we all worked hard on this one.” she didn’t really mean it, but if daeyeon wanted to laugh at her excuse for the dispatch article, sunyi figured she might as well try to do the same. “i’m really excited that we got to do it, i think it’s definitely my favorite one we’ve done so far. i don’t really think censors would’ve needed to be that harsh about it, though.”

[srvnyi]

jisung.

“funny. that’s what jewoo said island and love me love me were about,” jisung countered teasingly.

“... great minds must really think alike,” sunyi nodded. “i really wish island could’ve been promoted, though, that was such a good song.”

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yeseo.

“ can tell. ripley was super empowered when we watched it the other day. that’s why it made her cry– because she was just so empowered,” yeseo giggled

“...did she really cry?” sunyi asked, the other girl’s comment actually catching her by surprise. “we didn’t mean to make anyone cry, we were just all really excited about this comeback.”

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chunja.

“well, i mean…” chunja began, playing along. “not many girl groups or companies would let a group get that messy. like, sangsuk and dohee in the mud, i mean. like this industry is so rigid when it comes to image, but y’all really went fucking wild and weren’t afraid to potentially look gross or ugly or whatever, and i think that’s worth commending. super fucking empowering.”

“we wanted to something that not many other groups have done before,” sunyi laughed, appreciating how the other girl was also intentional with her words at first. it was true though, now that sunyi thought about it she couldn’t remember the last time another group had some of the members roll around in mud for a music video. “thanks, chunja. i guess the craziest i got to be was practically being a cult leader, but maybe that still counts.”

[srvnyi]

sookie.

“we already have bia. whats one more wild animal?” sangsuk responded with a snort. “i say go for it, fully. there are long enough breaks between when we promote. i know i’m a workaholic, but the rest of you aren’t. it’d probably be nice to have a buddy.”

“hey, bia’s conversation skills are definitely better than a bunny’s,” sunyi defended their friend, albeit still jokingly. “that’s true, maybe you’re the one who needs something to keep you company. at least a bunny won’t interrupt you with things to say like i do.”