#inmidsummer

[goldyashes]

lost. / @inmidsummer

ahseop finds himself facing a crucial and ultimately timely predicament—a serious one, at that. in hindsight, ahseop can admit it wasn't the smartest decision for him to strap his hangyodon doll to his pants like it was an unbreakable keychain. he'd look over a couple times on stage, making sure it's still in tact and that nothing is amiss. so far so good, as much as he can remember, until he steps off the stage and retreats to the back. when his gaze flickers downwards, it's missing—where could it have gone!?

to a third party with the spare time to observe whatever ahseop is doing, it'd seem rather comical for him to flip open every box just to search for a tiny plushie. a little silly maybe, but ahseop is too busy with his quest to care about appearances, especially one as important as this!

soon enough, angelix joins them backstage after another round of performances. ahseop intercepts natsumi's path in a sort of rush, pointing to the empty keyring still attached to his belt loops. "so, sorry for suddenly cutting in... but did you happen to see a hangyodon doll out there?"

oh, where are his manners? "wait, sorry, let me reel it back in a little. good job on your stage earlier!" ahseop says, hoping it sounds genuine. he does mean it, to be fair—his thoughts are just fully occupied by something else right now.

[cosmicskys]

𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, @inmidsummer

with their waterbomb performance coming up tomorrow, hyorin had no thoughts of leaving the hotel room. she knows that they'd be allowed to do some sight seeing, but she had never been big on exploring the places they traveled to. if she really wanted to take a look around manila, she'd rather take a vacation here in the future.

she's joined by natsumi today as they both lounge around their hotel rooms, going over their setlist for tomorrow. nothing too detailed as this isn't their first rodeo, but hyorin likes to imagine the performance beforehand. "why does it feel like it's been so long since we've performed as a group?" she threw out the question with a slight chuckle and shake of her head. they were gearing up for their comeback as well, and hyorin was simply happy to be doing anything music-related at this point.

"you don't think ydh will throw me into another drama this year, right? like there's no way they don't read all the comments people leave about my terrible acting." with a scoff, she shook her head once more as she tried to forget the comments she'd been subjected to. she's started taking acting lessons, but it was difficult to improve in such a short time, and she doubts people want to see someone in a drama with her acting skills. "when will they realize that i do so much better on stage?"

[nocelestialz]

𝒙𝒐𝒙𝒐, @inmidsummer

this was arguably jiho's first time performing with people other than her own members since produce 48, so to say she was nervous would be an understatement. that and the fact that she was the most junior within the line up, she didn't want to bring the whole group down. it's not that she wasn't confident about how she'll pull off the song, but there was no doubt going to be a difference that comes from experience.

despite all those little thoughts in her head, jiho was mostly looking forward to working with juliet. she's looked up to juliet since she was a trainee and was probably on the boat of many people who might shout that angelix's concept didn't do much justice for her dance skills. of course, some may say the same about her own group, but she thinks the release of up has done wonders in showing off her strengths as a dancer.

the choreography wasn't very difficult for a song centered around a bunch of main dancers, but that's exactly why she felt it was necessary to sync it with the other members she'd be performing with.

"the part after the first chorus where it's just us two, do you think we can go over that together?" there were a lot of moves where they had to mirror one another, and jiho knew that it could get messy if they weren't on the same page. "i can mostly match it to whatever you're doing!"