#rkdongmin

[rkharuto]

watanabe haruto’s march ‘20 eval best concept: vixx shangri-la w/ @rkdongmin & @chrxsrk worst concept: b1a4 beautiful target w/ @jkookrk, @rksungmin​ & @rkxjongsuk​

the sooner this month was over and done with, the better. 

having to worry about just one performance was usually enough to stress him out completely, but having to think about two in one month? it was surprising that he didn’t just have a complete mental breakdown the moment he heard the news, somehow managing to hold himself together for long enough to actually worry about what he was going to do. the dream concept was easy enough, just something he pulled up from his memory from dancing a bit of it back during the mags. 

it was the worst concept which was the problem and in the end, jeongguk ended up dragging him into his group with some other trainees to do a cute concept. at least it was something he could agree with - cute was really not something he was very good at. while a lot of people seemed to think he was a cute person, haruto really didn’t like that notion. he also never acted cute, so at least the group and song choice would actually work out being a concept he really didn’t want to be performing. 

the whole month was spent completely focusing on his two groups and trying to get everything to an acceptable level to perform. so, when performance day finally rolled around, haruto was at least confident enough that he wouldn’t end up putting a foot wrong. though he could never completely get rid of his nerves, the wriggling feeling of eels in his stomach as he thought about every little thing that could possibly go wrong. not to mention how he had been roped into being a rapper again for his worst concept. 

it seemed he was ending up more and more in groups that needed a rapper and he was the only one to fill that spot. not that he supposed he was really complaining about it, but he could almost see himself completely becoming a rapper more than a vocalist. ideally, he would still want to do both, but there were far fewer rappers out there then there were vocalists and groups were always going to need a rapper. at least he wasn’t going to have to do it by himself and he had sungmin to be a second rapper. because having to do all the rapping by himself would just be a little more than overwhelming. 

the best concept was up first to perform and haruto was as relaxed as he could be about the whole thing. he trusted dongmin and chris to do a good job as well and it was rather comforting to be performing in a group instead of solo. that meant everyone wouldn’t just be staring right at him the whole time, which did sort of help with the niggling stage fright and nerves eating away at him from the inside out. they had practiced hard for this performance, going over it over and over again and practicing the steps and the positioning until they were all aching and sweaty. 

all in all, he did have to say it went pretty well, every step was careful, making sure that he didn’t accidentally trip over or slap someone in the face with his fan. and while his vocals could have probably been a little better and no doubt he was going to get critiqued on it later, the only thing he really cared about was the fact he had managed to say all the right words in the right order. and now he could worry about the second performance. 

at least there were more people for him to hide behind this time. in his opinion, the more people in the performance with him the better off he was going to be about the whole thing. and while the song and the concept were all still completely horrible to even think about performing, he knew they had practiced this and at least they were all in the same boat. not one of them actually liked this concept and they were all struggling through it together.  and haruto liked to think that bond they shared helped things run a little smoother. 

they were no major slip-ups on his part and he was sure the others had given it their very all as well. no doubt the coaches carefully watching them would have something to complain about (they always did), haruto still felt pretty happy about what he had just done. at least now he knew he could actually manage to learn and perform two different songs with wildly different concepts in only a month. 

[yutark]

TRIPLE CROWN ENTERTAINMENT, or TRC for short, was founded by the former composer and rap artist, TIGER JK. originally created on nothing, Tiger JK's ambition to have his trainees carry on his legacy became an avant garde sensation in the States, Japan and Korea. Currently, TRC Entertainment remains the hardest company to enter. The training period for TRC Ent. is brutal and only a few trainees ever get to see the limelight of the stage. Only the most talented artists can survive TRC's rigorous training and see the shining end to their efforts.

CURRENT MALE TRAINEES: @rkpcy, @rkxtae, @rkseungjoon, @changminxrk, @rkxsicheng, @rkxjongsuk, @rkhyunjoon, @rkwoong, @rkyoungjae, @rkdongmin, @yutark

[rkseongmin]

cf stands for cat fan

@rkdongmin

there’s not much of a warning to his presence joining the table. his food dropped onto the table with a dull thud being the announcement that lets his hyung know he’s arrived. a yawn leaves him as he drops heavily into the seat at the table, his head then coming to land on his hyung as he uses the older as a pillow. ignoring his lunch he had set before him--as it was lunch time--and using a few moments to let his eyes rest. “how much longer today...” he questions in an almost whine of a voice. 

normally doyum isn’t this sleepy during training, especially now that he’s months into training at trc and his body is accustomed to the long hours and early day. but today something seems off about him. he’s been a bit more sluggish on his feet, zoning out more often, and now he seems fully planning to sleep through lunch instead of eating. 

“hey hyung...do you think---” his words get cut off as another yawn leaves him, hand raising to cover his mouth before he pulls the collar of his turtle neck up over the lower half of his face. “--they’d notice if i vanished...?” he questioned tiredly, though the tone of his voice gives away that he doesn’t think thats a reasonable idea at all. 

[rkkyg]

Sphere’s Green Ribbon Running & Busking Festival  kim yugyeom & adachi yuto ( @ayutork )  performing ;; exo tempo and the eve (blueish green shirt)

the songs yugyeom choose for them to do were specifically picked as one’s that he himself could do in his sleep at this point. which means they would allow him to properly teach the dances to yuto without worrying about his own parts to much. and boy did yuto really need the help. 

he had really only decided to do this because hyunggu both wanted him there ( and getting to see his long time and closest friend on stage like that was amazing ) as well as because he all but threatened yugyeom to busk. he understood why, the exposure would be good and just the sheer fact that yugyeom needs to keep up with dancing even without dynamite made sense. he might not like solo busking as much but he supposes it wouldn’t hurt to keep at it. 

plus, preparing for this had been fun. 

sure, yuto is a mess of a dancer and the whole time he had been embarrassed learning the eve because it’s a sexy dance. but the end result had been good--ish. and fun! the main thing about it was that yugyeom had a lost of fun teaching the dance and performing with yuto.

the day of the event came and they both ran in one of the marathons, then stayed to watch hyunggu perform. he was surprised when he saw his friend on stage. hyunggu did so well though and looks so alive that it almost made yugyeom feel jealous. proud, yes, but jealous. 

then their time to shine came. the two of them made their way up to the busking area and introduced themselves before getting going. 

it was like a switch had been hit on yugyeom when the music started. he really seemed to come to life as he stared dancing, smiling and laughing as he caugh yuto in the corner of his eye. the younger dancing well but not nearly as smoothly as yugyeom does. more awkward in a way. but they got their timing down pretty well. 

he was having so much fun with tempo, and even when the song changed to the eve and he knew he needed to be more sexy he couldn’t help the smile on his face as they danced. his body moving so smoothly through the motions of the dance as if he was really made for it. watching the audience as much as he watched his partner as well. 

the eve eventually came close to an end and yugyeom ended up stepping back for yuto to take the lime light. unable to stop laughin as his friend danced an awkwardly sexy solo performance. even doing some of the dance in smaller motions behind his friend before eventually getting up to help finish it off. posing beside him with a smirk that didn’t last long. descending into a smile. 

“thank you for your time!” 

yeah... today was a good day. 

[rksuas]

˟ ▀   foreign waters .

originally, she’d been considering doing a performance alone for this month, but ultimately in the end decided not to.  even sua is unsure of the reason, instead just sitting with dongmin as they search through potential songs that they could perform.  though sua doesn’t have much grip on the chinese language, she’s at the very least a beginner in it so she has some knowledge of the pronunciation  -  dongmin though, is another story.

though he seems to be fairly well versed in other languages, apparently chinese is not one of them.  which only heightens her concerns about performing at the end of the month, because she originally wanted to dance and sing but it’s becoming increasingly clear to her that this isn’t going to happen.  a little bit of a setback, but sua bites her tongue and sighs instead.

still, she can’t help but ask the question.  “ what made you decide to work with a chinese song?” she asks plainly, brow quirked upward.  “ you have to know that it’s difficult even speaking for a beginner, much less working with it in a song.”

˟ ▀  &. @rkdongmin

[rkkangjoon]

.my dongsaeng

@rkdongmin

kang joon thought that, even though it was for a short amount of time in comparison to others prior to his contract with royal, his time as model had been a blessing in his life. with his charisma and his affinity to befriend people he had gathered a good amount of connections and made a few friends on top of that during that time. the guy who was walking on the other side of the street was one of them and with a smirk on his lips kang joon looked over to him, while walking into the same direction. it had been a while since they've seen each other last, but the other seemed to do quite well.

dongmin was younger than kang joon, but had more experience in the model industry. he had approached him to compliment his sunbae's good looks but had stayed as a fan of dongmin's sweet and cute personality. and with kang joon's outgoing character they had easily become friends. and everyone who knew kang joon was aware of his clinginess to his favorite people which often ended in hugging and cuddling the younger or wrapping his arm around dongmin's shoulder. that again sometimes resulted in people thinking that the two of them were a pair of brothers. which was a hilarious, yet very heart warming idea to kang joon since he would loved a younger brother. especially one like dongmin.

after walking a few steps, kang joon moved over to dongmin's side, while carefully staying out of the other's sight. as soon as he had caught up to the other, he slipped next to his younger friend, a big grin on his lips. "hello handsome, are you alone?"

[rksakura]

❀ cute spikes

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animals are her ultimate weakness, sakura has never had a hedgehog but she’s all about it ever since she’s met dongmin. she’s set her piles of paperwork for her project aside, focusing on a more important task was hanging out with her good friend. “does it hurt to ever touch their spikes?” a brow is raised in sheer curiosity. she could look up the source online but feels that it’s more genuine when experimenting or directly asking questions to the owner is the better solution. 

“haru... is his name.. right?” she doesn’t want to butcher the pronunciation but saying the word wasn’t exactly on a difficult level. “is it okay if i pet him? would he be mad?” she had no intention of disrupting the animal from its sleep, considering that the small creature wasn’t getting up but laying down in one place. 

“it looks like he’s asleep though.” she squints her eyes (only cause she forgot to bring her glasses and doesn’t have her contacts with her for the time being), looking closer at the tiny thing.

[rkseonho]

exchange.

@rkdongmin

meeting up with anyone outside of training is always hard. for one, he trains through out the whole day and doesn’t get out until it’s already most days. plus the fact that food breaks aren’t really that long to make time to meet up with anyone unless said person is already in the area. so when he had said for him and dongmin to meet up the teen had already known that finding the time would be tough but they finally managed to agree on a time almost a month and a half later. though the time between their conversation about it and the actual meeting hadn’t really done anything to lesson seonho’s excitement. 

the teen was near vibrating as he waited for dongmin, having rushed out from royal building the moment he was done with training--and changed out of his practice clothing. he knows he surprised his hyungs with how fast he left as normally he spends as much of his free time with extra practice as he can. but today he had other things to attend to. he had a hat and mask on as he waited inside the station near the exit they both agreed on, his head ducked down as he scrolled his phone switching between Instagram and one of the few gaming apps he actually has one his phone.