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[milkoua]

hey, @ohdais , are you lactose intolerant?

||     The lounge rooms in Crown were a luxury all their own within the lush building. And when Milk couldn’t spare time to go from the studio to home, she liked to relax there. Which is where she was on this particular evening, lying down on a couch and eating dim sum and destressing. With all the time Venus had been spending in the studio (along with trying to work around the other groups preparing for debuts and comebacks around the same time) she was exhausted and stretched thin. But, this had been a feeling the woman had missed so much during Venus’ “in limbo” stage, as she called it. Nibbling on her food and singing along quietly to Crazy by TKO that was playing over the speakers, she almost didn’t recognize that someone else had entered the room. 

“I dunno, I dunno, I dunno, but I’m ho--” The sound of footsteps caused her to open one eye as she looked to see who the culprit was. Recognizing the face as one she’d seen around Crown often, she offered a slight smile of politeness. Milk wasn’t always the best people person, but she tried to be cordial at least. “You taking a breather, too? Working on anything lately?” Daisy, right. That was the woman’s name. She’d remind herself to use it next time.

[milkoua]

hey, @zeumus , are you lactose intolerant?

||     The distinct smell of grease and fried food filled Milk’s nostrils as she entered one of the many 24 hour diners in Seoul and scanned the lace for her company. Leave it to anyone from TKO to be the cause for her rushing out of her apartment this late, but she wasn’t complaining. It was almost as though she had taken on the life long duty of den mother when she had helped mentor them before and after their debut, though she hadn’t been part of their company. As fate would have it, Crown finally brought the two groups together and and that allowed the boys easier access to her. Which, was probably what had prompted Remus to call herat a quarter to midnight talking about how he’d left his wallet in his dorm. And, in typical Milk fashion, she was on her way before he had even finished explaining.

Spotting the familiar teen sitting perched atop a bar stool, she went to join him. His eyes were fixated on the television when she sat down, but even without looking up the audio enough was a dead giveaway of what was on the screen. “Come with me... Airplane... Remi.” The elder laughed at herself as she switched up the words to the music video for Sugar’s song that was playing. Poking his cheek gently with a smile, Milk looked down at the menu that was resting in front of Remus. “What are we getting, hm?”

[milkoua]

hey, @kapllam , are you lactose intolerant?

||     Hea was no stranger to the genius that was the younger sibling of Danny Lim. It was a given that the three Lim/Smith siblings had some kind of otherworldly musical power coursing through their veins. Which was probably why when Milk found out that Will had a song on Blossom’s latest album, she had to congratulate the younger. The young girl had already gotten an earful of praise from her, so she knew it was high time to track down the male. After finding his whereabouts from his brother, she found herself plopping down in a seat across from the boy in Crown’s cafeteria. “So, what is this I hear about you being Blossom’s love, huh?” A small smile spread across the woman’s lips as she referenced the song he shared with the girl on her album.

[milkoua]

hey, @hxnryz , are you lactose intolerant?

||     With her eyebrows furrowed in concentration, Hea focused her attention on making sure the tower of blocks didn’t tip over. Jenga had always been a favourite past time of her and her brothers when they were growing up and now she was using it to pass the time sitting on her living room floor. Her company was none other than Henry and she smiled triumphantly, tossing the small block at him. “Ha! Your turn.” There wasn’t much on their agenda (not more than waiting for the food they had ordered to arrive), so she wasn’t really stressing over schedules for the time being. “Hurry up and go so I can hurry up and win and then you have to pay for dinner.” That had been their deal after all, loser bought dinner. Seemed reasonable enough, right?

[milkoua]

hey, hyunado , are you lactose intolerant?

||     Given the hiatus that Venus had taken, it had been quite some time since Hea had promoted at the same time as Hyuna. But, that hadn’t stopped her from being supportive nonstop. And that support included being there for her friend during her Roll Deep promotions. Sure, she had been busy with the preparations of two comebacks, but that didn’t stop her from being able to go see someone close to her. After all, it had been literally months since the two had seen each other, so she wasn’t going to fuss over missing a little studio time. Though, a little studio time turned into a whole night as she found herself sitting cross-legged on her living room floor with Hyuna. There wasn’t much that needed to be mapped out for their nights together, it could have been something as simple as a movie or as extravagant as a night out. Though, on this particular evening it was more of a pig-out and catch up on things while the television played as background noise.

“I’ll have you know, my brother said your album is one of the only ones on loop at his restaurant right about now,” the brunette said with a hum, reaching for a slice of pizza from the box on the floor. And it was true. While her brother preferred playing Hea’s music solo or with Venus, he had taken a liking to Hyuna’s album, not that anyone could blame him. “I dunno, he might have good taste,” she teased with a smile.

[milkoua]

hey, harlsem , are you lactose intolerant?

||     As her members (the old ones) could attest to, ever since Venus stopped promoting, Milk spent majority of her time home and out of the country. Most of the time she’d be seen in Seoul was for court proceedings. And yet, even after they had signed to Crown Empire in March, she had still been scarce until a week or so ago. While Bibi and Lauren had gotten acquainted with those that were meant to be a major part of Venus now (including new members and producers), Milk hadn’t had the chance. Which, was probably what led to the stand-offish nature many believed she had, even if it was unintentional. One of those she had yet to become familiar with was Michael or Harlem as he was also known. Sure, his name wasn’t unknown, but in terms of working with her and Venus it was. However, the brunette figured it was high time she’d try to get to know the guy, after all, the other girls had.

And that, was what led her to sitting across from the male at a dinner table. Her fingers twirled the straw that rested inside her glass of ginger ale. “So, I hear you’re one of the ones that going to be having a hand in Venus from now on, right? Interesting.”  There she went again, with the unintentionally flat tone.