it wasn't his first time leaving the country.
but it was the first in a long while. and he remembered going to american when he was younger. it was a trip with family but he couldn't remember where. so, he found himself enjoying the fact that they were going to la and he enjoyed it even more when they finally landed and he had a little bit of free-time to himself.
( he knew he had to enjoy that free time, since they'd be focus on recording the music video. )
they were up early, which wasn't something that was too hard for him. he was thrown off by the jet-lag, it took him a little while to wake up and get his brain going. even as he changed into their first of outfits, seonghwa was quiet, moving along pretty sleepily. ( and at some point he got a coffee and it helped a bit. )
but for the most part, seonghwa allowed himself to be pulled in whichever direction he was told to go. only really waking up once they had to start filming the dance. ( he couldn't mess up filming. ) but it worked, getting his brain moving finally. ( and he was sure he just hated jet-lag. he wondered if he was horrible when he was a kid and he had to ask his mom how she handled. ) once those scenes were finished, he went off to the side to wait until they told them to get back in front of the camera.
and he did.
only it wasn't for the music video, he was sent to change again, this time moving to a different section. and any questions he had were answered when they told him that they needed to take the concept photos. it was something at least, being allowed to keep moving but that's what really kept him going. ( given any real free time, he was sure he would just go back to sleep. ) it didn't take too long for the photos to be taken and then he was sent back to filming, arriving just in time to change his clothes again.
everything else after that was pretty much the same, once it was over, he was just happy to get some rest.