#de:code:sept20

[rklino]

late night,

@rkwon

they've just gotten back from the broadcast station, and they're in the process of relaxing and resting before getting to sleep and ready for the next day. minho's fiddling in the fridge, trying to busy himself before his turn to shower-- frowning when he notes the slowly declining state of their fridge. he pats his stomach idly, and glances around. he knows their manager has already left to go get his own rest, and he doesn't want to bother anyone who's already gearing up for bed, but minho wants to head out to the convenience store down the road.

but not by himself, especially this late. closing the door, he shuffles into the hallway and peeks into any of the open bedrooms. when he comes up to won's shared room, he catches the other still milling about. he pauses by the open door, teeth worrying his lip as he hesitates, before clearing his throat. "hey, won-ah? uh," he shifts, smiling awkwardly at the other. "d'ya wanna come with me to the store real quick? i wanna grab some milk." he wanted to eat a quick bowl of cereal before bed, a treat to soothe the sudden sweet tooth that's kicked in since lunch earlier. "if you're not...headin' right 'ta bed, that is."

[rklino]

snooze button,

@rkseonho

promoting this time around feels even more draining. it was draining before, when they debuted-- but maybe he was riding the high of a debut, and hadn't really noticed. this time around, minho's exhausted, and he catches up on sleep as much as he can. he sleeps whenever he can between music show rehearsals and schedules, he rushes eating his food and goes to nap it off in the brief moments they have. maybe it'll feel easier to manage later in the month when he's back in the groove of things-- but for now, he's going to take every opportune moment to fill it up with priceless sleep.

the moment they had jumped into the van on the way to one of their radio shows, minho's head is against the window and he's snoozing. he manages to rest his eyes for a little, but a stray bump on the road has his head bumping and slamming against the window briefly. with a grunt, he tugs his head away, an annoyed sound leaving him. he shifts away, mumbling to himself. his head flops onto the shoulder of the person sitting next to him, and he snuggles up immediately. he lets out a content noise, rubbing his cheek against the fabric on their shoulder. "are we there yet?" he mumbles, muffled slightly by his position.

[rklino]

dull boy,

@jaehyunrk

the downtime at the broadcast station is both a blessing and a curse. minho's able to catch up on sleep in the morning, but in the afternoon when they're unable to actually sleep-- and it's just busying themselves after greeting the senior artists, minho grows bored. it's probably the downside to promotions, or at least one of them-- but minho tries at least. he's busying himself on superstar royal, trying to clear some of the songs he hasn't gotten to. he's focused on it to the point he doesn't respond at all to one of the members sitting near him-- brows pinched and furrowed in concentration. when he clears the song, he lets out a relieved sigh, dropping his phone on his lap and cracking his knuckles.

"jaehyun-ah," he calls out, turning to face the other man. there's the slightest bit of a pout on his face, but his voice is a low grumble. "i'm so bored." he rubs at the side of his neck, twisting his head back and forth to work out some of the stress. "i still don't get why we can sleep durin' this time." he knows there's a reason, he just thinks that sleep should be a little bit more of an important reason. "more sleep sounds good."

[rklino]

backdated ; september 08, 2020 - september 09, 2020 charting 2 on mtv the show chart reaction

seeing them up for a win is frightening-- he hadn't expecting much after such big names were also promoting around the same time as them. he's learned to not expect too much, but it's still surreal to see. he almost feels as if he's hallucinating it, like the lack of sleep has got to him enough he's seeing things. but it's still there, bold as ever. he holds his breath until the winner is announced, and when it's berry good instead of de:code, only then does he exhale.

the loss is humbling; not that they really lost anything-- they're a newly debuted group, they have plenty of time to try and try again. maybe timing wasn't right, or maybe it wasn't the right type of song for the time being. it's also grounding, because now it feels a bit more real. he's always expected to face more losses than wins when it comes to the idol life, so it helps solidify it a little bit more.

"you were up for first place," his mom tells him over the phone the next day, while he's fiddling with the vending machine at the broadcast station. "don't think I didn't see-- you coulda won!"

"we could 'ave." he mumbles, reaching down to grab his drink from the output station. "but s'fine. maybe next time."

"definitely next time." his mom argues on the phone, and he can't help but chuckle, lifting the hand holding his drink to his face to cover his mouth. stepping away from vending machine, he slowly begins to head back to the dressing room. his pace is slow, leisurely, humming as his mother continues on the phone. "i'll ask sojung's kids next door to help me out with it. we'll-- what do the kids call it, stream? yeah, we'll do a big mass--" his mother rambles on and on, and the dialect of her daegu satoori has him snorting, before slowly moving into soft laughter. he bows his head, hiding his smile behind his hand as he shuffles past staff with a murmured greeting.

and when he ends the call before he heads back into their dressing room, ready to finish up the day of promotions-- he feels a bit better about it all. it's only just the beginning.

[rklino]

mindless,

@rkhongjoong

the baseball game schedule had been exciting, something new to add to their repertoire of appearances in the first year of their debut. while minho doesn't really enjoy sports, he did enjoy himself during their time there. the performances were fine, if not a bit awkward, and hongjoong's pitch was pretty cool. it looked a little daunting from where they were watching, a bit too much for minho ever to try-- but hongjoong looked like he was enjoying himself. minho's just left the shower, and he's rubbing the towel on the ends of his hair, watching the blue tone to it slowly begin to fade out with each wash. stepping out of the hallway and into the open room, he glances over and sees one of the other boys. he pauses, recognition settling. "oh, hyung," he calls out, and before he can give any context to his question he blurts out. "was it scary?" the question is abrupt, and minho's quick to blush immediately after. clearing his throat, he looks away and rubs the towel into the side of his neck sheepishly. "i. uh, mean-- the pitch, at the game. was it...ah...it just looked like a lot..." he mumbles, thoroughly embarrassed at himself.

[rkseonho]

one, two, three strikes

baseball game appearance @rkbyunbaek 

baseball. 

the one sport seonho would have been interested in if he ever played sports. he’s always been fascinated by the game despite never getting the chance to play himself. making sure to go to one or two games when the season was going -- often ending up there on his own, not that he minded. and now he’s here as de:code’s a.c and the idea of that is so wild. to think he use to just show up as an average citizen and now he’s a special guest at the game? it has him bouncing in place he stands beside baekhyun. the youngest having been placed beside the leader by their manager with the words do not wander off still ringing in the back of his head, “do you think we’ll be able to get some snacks? it’s been so long since i’ve been to a baseball game!! it’s fun, right hyung? right?” his words are excited as always, one hand finding it’s way to the older males as he tries to draw baekhyun’s attention onto him. “oooh i wonder if we can meet any players too... that would be so cool!”

[rkseonho]

( throw down )

@rkmg

the waiting room of music shows are an interesting place. the chaos of a comeback, and of all the different idols roaming around, and the exhaustion that runs through everyone who is here, especially at the beginning of a day. there’s so much to do and so little to do at the same time. seonho is always torn between nap time or play time. full of energy yet knowing they have many longs days ahead of them in the promotional period and thus need to take time to rest when it comes. today is one of those days where he isn’t even slightly tired and thus has been trying to find himself something to do. luckily, one of his hyungs seems to be awake still, and it takes literally no time for seonho to enter their waiting room, cross the distance, and wrap his arms around mingyu from behind. “haaaaaa!!!!” he makes a quiet battle cry, and then tries to lift the older male--he doesn’t succeed much at all, his nooodle arms doing not much more than give mingyu a tight back hug. “you’re going down hyung!” there are probably better things he could have done, but this is what he ended up doing. 

[rkseonho]

can you feel it comeback stage

it’s the day of their comeback stage and seonho’s nerves are off the chart as he bounces back stage waiting for their time to go on. it’s 8:30 am and most of his hyungs are relaxing some where or sleeping some where in their waiting room. they already went around to greet the other idols here today--specifically sunbaenim who might be around--and now they just had to wait for their time for the first dress rehearsal. 

it’s kind of wild to seonho that he’s here again. 

sure this isn’t the first time he has found himself at a music show as this isn’t their debut but it’s only their first comeback and they seem to be doing promotions for much longer this time. it’s crazy to him if only because he’s really here. and he’s no longer the brand new idol! it’s his comeback! 

there isn’t the same kind of excitement as for debut but there is still excitement! it’s different, but just as powerful. leaving the teen full of way to much energy. he’d already harassed his manager for his phone to watch some videos (as seonho doesn’t really ever bring his own phone to these things). he also tried to sit and rest but he’s just too excited. 

it is a pretty much given that seonho is going to be one of the ones completely knocked out after the rehearsal though. 

for now he can’t seem to settle down and he knows its just the first day excitement of their comeback. as the weeks go down he will probably grow more use to it. though he doesn’t think he will ever fully be use to this. it’s fun!! he really really is enjoying getting to perform like this with all his hyungs. 

maybe they’ll even get their first win with this comeback... that would be so special.