what is there to say about siyeon? pj doesn’t hate her, but he doesn’t consider himself to be her biggest fan, either. they both consider themselves to be jeno’s best friend, and pj thinks it’s only natural for him to feel somewhat insecure in his position. neither pj nor siyeon seems too keen on becoming best buddies, which, funnily enough, seems to be one of the few things they agree on. they’re polar opposites, and, despite the fact that some people claim that opposites attract, pj and siyeon have inevitably butted heads a few times in their time of knowing each other.
the muddy waters of their friendship, or lack thereof (pj isn’t sure at this point), is why he finds himself at siyeon’s doorstep, tightly grasping the dish in his left hand. pj exhales, fighting back a chuckle as he knocks on the door several times. when siyeon opens the door, the younger offers her a disarming grin. “hey, siyeon. i bet you’re thrilled to see me, right?” he chuckles, rubbing the back of his neck with his free hand. “i know we haven’t always gotten along, so... i brought a peace offering,” he says, extending the dish in the girl’s direction. “it’s carrot cake. made it myself, actually. jeno told me you liked it, so i just kind of figured...” his voice trails as he conveniently fails to mention his secret ingredient: extra spicy chili powder.
she had to. yuzu simply had to. the visit to the tarot reader was a must have for her. especially with the heavy changes happening in her life, she simply wanted some insight as to what to expect and what she could work against when changing her fate.
the persona fan within her jumped out again but she doesn’t regret that purchase. to the fool it was money well spent.
pondering over the reading and the advise given to her, she doesn’t stop to see the girl walking past the tent just as yuzu is coming out of it. shoulders bumping she moves a step back in surprise, eyes wide as she looks back into an unfamiliar face. “oh, sorry. didn’t see you there.”
“siyeon unnie...” chaewon sighs with exasperation, placing the plastic-wrapped plate of cookies on the table before them. “i don’t know what to do. why do they always end up like this?”
the chocolate chip cookies look more like discs of charcoal, black and crumbly. “i followed the recipe!” chaewon pouts. “but i didn’t have enough time before dance class, so i just made it a little hotter and baked it faster... this totally goes against the laws of physics...”
giving up, she rests her head in her hands. “i wanted to bring you something nice, but it’s an epic fail. you’re going to have to share your bakerly wisdom.” she glances around the kitchen. “what do you have in stock?”
june didn’t spend a lot of his time in cafes (except his mother’s when she forced him to help out, but that didn’t count), that just seemed something older students did because it was trendy. but his father had promised to pick him up after diving practice, but he was running late and told him to wait in the cafe across the street, and being the good boy he was, was simply doing as he was told.
hair still damp from the shower and swim bag on the seat next to him, june had most of his attention on his notebook, scribbling between the lyrics, notes and doodles already littered across most of the pages. but he soon ran out of ideas, putting the notebook to the side and instead slouched bag, phone in hand as he played some superstar kt. when his father finally pulled up outside, he grabbed his bag and made his exit. but what he happened to forget was his notebook was still lying on the table.
half an hour later and he came bursting back into the cafe, making a beeline to where he had been sitting before. only to find that someone else was now sitting there... reading his notebook. “excuse me,” he huffed, folding his arms across his chest, “that’s mine.”
leejno she’s blinded by my beauty... except actually it’s just the sun. you can’t see me, but i look about the same since her smile is just as blindingly bright 💀
the fact that hyuna was aware that she was semi popular nowadays, four survival shows, way too much screen time, way too much failure on tv. yet, she was still signed as a public trainee and enjoyed the fact that she can still come out like this and enjoy a night out. however, as she was waiting for her friend to show up, a flashlight from a phone not so far away from her catches her attention.
as she turns her head, she see’s the girl, with her phone pointed directly at her, not even ten feet away from her and an uneasy smile pulls on hyuna’s lip. the thought that it might be dispatch creeping into the back of her head as she almost speed walked to the stranger, heels clicking with every step.
YOUTUBE - @LHHCOVERS UPLOADED A NEW VIDEO
UNDER COVER COVER - BY HOHYEON, HARUTO,
MARK, LILY & SIYEON
@rkhyeon as byeongkwan
@rkharuto as jun
@rkmxrk as wow
@rklily as donghun
@siyeonrk as chan
line distribution
over a month of planning and practices and hard work and finally they were ready to record this cover. if the mgas hadn’t come about, this would have been posted over a month ago and hohyeon would have moved onto some other venture. but maybe the extra time was a good thing, gave them all more time to prepare and practice for longer than he usually would and that might hopefully mean the quality was better. because mark his words, he was not going to upload anything until it was perfect - if only because he wanted to prove those dumb ceos wrong with what they said about him.
doing a vocal and a dance cover was not a new thing for him, having done one before, but doing it with a group was actually a new thing. and he wanted it to be perfect, so he had gone and bothered some of the theatre kids for some of the microphones they use during their performances. and while they were a little hesitant to lend them to him, eventually they had agreed so long as one of them could keep an eye on everything to make sure they didn’t get broken.
which was why there was now a bored looking kid sitting in the corner of the room on his phone. hohyeon was just going to pay him no mind, instead turning his attention to the four others gathered in the room.
haruto he had approached first, and honestly it had been a little hard to get the kid to agree, but he was thankful he finally had. mark was a familiar face and had featured in one of his videos before, so it wasn’t hard to get him to agree to do another. he had then asked lily after a debate with himself whether he really wanted her or not, and then lily had brought along siyeon. and that was how they were all standing there now ready to do this after all the hard work they had put into everything.
the camera was set up in the usual position at the front of the room, hyeon just fiddling with it one last time before he nodded to the rest of the group, fixing the microphone taped to the side of the face just to check that everything was in order. “right, let’s get this bread then,” he grinned as he spoke the english words, moving towards the middle of the room and quickly turning around from the camera to take up his starting position in the middle of the group as the others moved around him. and only once everything was in order did he signal to the helpful theatre kid (who was actually called hanbyul, but theatre kid sounded better) to press play on the music.
the choreo started with some sharp movements in time with the music, hohyeon tilting his head a little to the side before rolling it, looping his arms through haruto and siyeon’s arms. he has to basically rely on them not to drop him as he leaned back on them, though there was extra support from the other two has he finally tipped backwards. but he didn’t end up falling, which he was supposed was a good thing as they stood up again and hohyeon finally spun around to face the camera as he barrel straight into his first part.
ay girl i see you on the low low
ay so hot she banging like a bongo
let it go, got me strung
like santana
mark was next to follow up with his own strong vocals, hohyeon having to smile just a little as he danced. it was no wonder the boy was a trainee, though it still made hyeon incredibly jealous just to think of that. but he supposed mark was talented and deserved the position, and all he could really do was hope that one day he would get his own chance to join a company and be a trainee. he needed it to happen one of these days.
it really was a high energy choreography with some very strong lyrics as they all participated in the chorus of the song, vocals blending in nicely with each other. as soon as the mv had dropped he had wanted to do a cover of the song, and now it was actually happening. and the boy was determined to do it all sorts of justice. he was used to rapping with a mic now after his short stint on the mgas, so it wasn’t as hard as he thought to keep his rap steady and powerful enough to be heard as he body moved in well practised and strong motions. and he trusted the others were doing the same, after the weeks of work they had put in he would hate to have to do this too many times because someone kept messing up.
step back, she toxic
cock back and pop it
총에 맞은 가슴 쾅 뛰네
brat tat tat can't stop it
말 없이 다가가
널 멍하니 쳐다 봐
바보처럼, 버버버벅
니 앞에만 서면, dumb
mark followed him up again as hohyeon bent over, the choreo allowing the other rapper to control him and the others with his hand movements, standing him back up and turning him almost like a robot. but then he was bent over again, this time siyeon coming in with her own vocals as she leaned on him with an elbow. and he was pleased that the girl had eventually joined in with this project, he had been a little uncertain at first having never met the girl before, but she was clearly talented. and now he had absolutely no worries about the girl and her skill.
finally it was haruto’s turn and hohyeon just smiled softly at the boy as he sung his couple of lines. it was quite clear from the beginning that he didn’t really like performing in front of a camera, or in public at all, really. so he was rather thankful that the boy had agreed to this, and hadn’t backed out even after hohyeon had dragged him on the mgas with him. the japanese boy had talent and hyeon just wanted the world to see that and maybe, one of these days, haruto would realise it as well and stop being so nervous about everything. performing and singing on a stage was a good thing, not something to be frightened of.
the pace of the song and choreography was still slow as the moved towards the chorus, lily finally getting her own chance to shine. it was true that the two of them weren’t really friends at first, but now, the other girl had sort of grown on him over the time they knew each other. and while he still wouldn’t go as far as saying they were good friends, he could at least stand the girl a little better and didn’t incredibly mind hanging out with her.
things suddenly picked up again as they jumped into the chorus, the five of them mixing their vocals for the first three lines, hohyeon staying as strong as possible with his movements as he basically bounced around the place. and then it was dropping onto his knees, one arm over his face as they body rolled as lily sung her line. then haruto was the only one standing as he sung, hohyeon dropping to the floor, managing to stand up again without using his hands. it was a move he had practised a lot and used a lot when he was breakdancing, so it wasn’t much of a bother for him to get it. though he could see how others could struggle with it, but they had practised this, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
but after both mark and siyeon had a couple more lines to get through, hohyeon was in the middle of the group, bouncing on his feet as he started to rap his next part.
okay, tension 높아
뜨겁게 타올라
느낌 so high 불꽃같이
pop pop pop pop
and, once again, he was quickly followed up by mark as they were the only two standing. this was their centre stage moment, and honestly, the bit he had been worrying about the most. there had been more than one mistake in the practice room when going through this bit, including accidentally kissing each other when their heads turned a little too close to each other. hohyeon was just praying that it wouldn’t happen this time as well as he stood a distance from the other boy, only their wrists touching as they both straightened out their arms.
거부해야 해 지금 네 status
정신 차려야 해 기횐 단 한 번
he was close to mark now, standing just behind him, head almost resting on his shoulder as the other boy followed up with his own lyrics. and their heads were rolling towards each other, hohyeon’s hand almost brushing the boys cheek. thankfully there were no incidents this time, both of them stopping before they managed to make any lip contact. and there was no stupid laughing or pushing each other away this time, either. they actually managed to get through that but in one piece and hohyeon couldn’t be more thankful about it.
as siyeon started singing again it was a bit of downtime in the choreography, just a moment for them to catch their breath as siyeon moved through them, parting them like the red sea. and hohyeon was taking as much time as possible, keeping his breathing under control. they were more than half way through this song now, only the last bits to go and that was the end of his solo singing. all he had to worry about now was the rest of the choreography and keeping in tune with the others for the longer bits to come.
after lily’s lines they were back to the high energy chorus, the familiar and well practised choreography running in his head as his limbs moved in time with the music. he really did love dancing and really did love this song, it was a lot of fun to perform and he would do it again given the chance. maybe he would have to think a little more about doing more covers in groups instead of just focusing on himself. working with others, it wasn’t actually as bad as he thought it was going to be. no, it was fun, a bit of hard work, sure, but it was fun to be a team and actually produce something together. all the hard work paid off in the end.
moving into one straight line one behind the other, hohyeon waited for siyeon to finish her line before they all jumped out at different angles, crouched on the floor before slowly moving up, taking a step back to be close again. he popped his chest a couple of times with the music, moving to roll over the back of siyeon before dropping to his knees, pounding at the floor before standing again. now came the fun part, the part which made you feel completely worn out with no energy left. but this was the sort of dancing he loved, he could never do really slow and methodical dances, not for very long, anyway.
jumping forward again they were all dancing in a line, voices harmonizing together as they powered through the rest of the choreography. and he was sure this was going to look really cool when it came out on the video, the five of them dancing and working together to produce a great cover. it was the chance for people to realise that he did have talent, that he deserved to make it to the finals and get a contract just as much as everyone else did. they eliminated him too soon. and he was never going to stop believing that, not for as long as he lived. being a trainee was his only chance of making it out of the slum, for making a better life for him and his mother and he was not about to let that opportunity slip.
and when they all made a circle in the middle, hands in the centre, one on top of the other as they raised their arms together, hohyeon could do nothing but smile at them. he was thankful for each and every one of them because without them this cover would have never really made it off the ground.
there was only the last chorus left now and hohyeon was dancing just as strongly as he had in the beginning. though he was tired, chest heaving from the effort and sweat dripping from the brow, he felt satisfied, confident that he hadn’t put a foot wrong or said something incorrectly. this was probably going to be one of the best covers he had ever uploaded and he didn’t really know how he was supposed to surpass this next month. he would probably come up with something, he did have his eye on per_se and would quite like to cover their debut song simply because it was so good. but maybe he would think of something else.
siyeon was the one who closed them out with her vocals, a last couple of moves, a kick forward before hohyeon was throwing his head back to the ceiling as the music finally died down. only then did he slowly lower his head back to the front, raising his arms as if he were holding a huge weapon. and that’s the position they held for just a moment longer.
but that was the end of that, there was no more singing and no more dancing. it was over and he was sure they had all put in maximum effort. even theatre kid hanbyul had looked away from his phone and was now just sitting there and clapping at them. hohyeon just grinned. performing was everything to him and each time he did a cover it only solidified that dream in his head. one of these days he would get to stand on a stage and debut and let the whole world know his name.
this was who he was and nothing was going to change that.
