#ssom:mp

[lmsomi]

brightest crayon in the box

somi had made a promise to her parents that she will not neglect her studies even if she becomes a trainee. if anything, she was able to get better marks when she got signed than she had before blackout. the young girl had been keeping that promise, school wasn't so bad when she actually paid attention -- for the most part at least. when you didn't have the energy for anything else, the only thing you can really focus on is the board or book in front of you, and the teacher's voice. the young girl intends to keep the promise, even the promise to get into a university too.

her parents did mention one or two universities that they feel would be good for somi, but they never really imposed it. that was the thing about her parents, they truly and genuinely support her decisions. and it makes her all the more determined to get good results from the csat. she's been doing good with mock exams from the hakwon she had been attending bi-weekly, but she was still anxious about the foreign language that is mathematics. of all the subjects, it's the subject that supposed to be the same in every country that stressed her out.

notes, reviewers and homework hugged closely to her chest, she marches down the hallways looking for the only person she knows that can help her with this. dong sicheng ( @lmsicheng ) was not only a skilled dancer, but he also happens to be smart and he doesn't gloat -- which somi likes the most. the test was right around the corner and she needs to know the secrets to conquer it, or perhaps just the reassurance that she was doing it right. "finally! i found one of blackout's most talented~" she lets out in singsong, skipping over to the older boy in one of the empty training rooms.

[lmsomi]

not a moment of silence

in less than a week, somi will be taking one of the most important tests of her life. she had not prepared for something so hard in all her life. the young girl had put in so much time and effort for the csat even more than that of the mgas. and so as the date of the testing day approached, she grew more and more anxious, and more and more wrappers of candies and chocolates filled the pockets of her training wear and gym bags. and because she ate more than usual, the need to move around more increased to. she spent late nights in the studios dancing and going over her notes before calling it a day.

today wasn't any different. the young girl sighs before she takes a bite from her string of marshmallow, gym bag hanging from her shoulders as she dragged herself through the hallway. it felt like an endless walk now, muscles aching from all the dancing and throat aching a bit from all the singing for the evaluation. of all things, why did it have to be singing? it was one more thing to worry about. she's anxious, tired, and hungry, and the candy isn't exactly helping the way it always did.

heaving another deep sigh, shoulders rising and dropping, head falling forward as she whined a little. she closes her eyes, still frustrated, straightens up for a moment and lets her head fall back. when she opens her eyes, she spots dongmin ( @lmdongmin ). "dongmin oppa!" she calls out, smile pulling on her lips as she turns and clings onto his arm, "let's go eat somewhere... i need air... i need food... i need freedom!" it was dramatic, and somi knew it herself, but the shame didn't come. only small fits of laughter as she kept clinging.

[lmsomi]

motion picture

having a halloween-related vlog is a must at this time of the year. her channel didn't usually follow what others are doing -- as her uploads lately are dance videos, travel vlogs, and random 'day in her life's, but spooky season is also candy season, one that has a special place in her heart. it will betray the very purpose of her channel to not upload content that will highlight things she wants and likes to do.

somi had been vlogging for most of the night, making sure she had enough video to use for her next vlog. she had been doing this for quite some time now that it didn't seem like a task to be hauling around a camera. she vlogged her commute, random moments with her friends, the crowd and a walk through of the area. it was enough to create a decent content but it still wasn't the highlight of her night. she had promised to collaborate with an online friend who's also fairly active on youtube, hendery ( @lmhendery ).

"hey, hendery!" the young girl calls out as she jumps, waving her light gray wig at the older boy and the other hand pointing the camera at him. "over here~ i'm over here!" her eyes shift to screen to see if she was getting a clear shot of the boy as she makes her way towards him, right through the crowd. as soon as she was next to him, she flips the camera and waves at it, "and we have a hendery!" when she was done, she stops recording and straightens up, smiling at her friend. "how have you been? you're gonna vlog, right?"

[lmsomi]

perfect (halloween) match

there were two things that happened tonight that somi couldn't wrap her head around. first, she ended up having a costume ready when got to home. she didn't plan to dress up for the occasion as a matter of fact, she was too tired from training and studying to put together something fun. but there it was, neatly laid on the couch waiting for her arrival. second is her dad letting her leave the house to hang out with her friends at that hour -- even when he knew there's a possibility she'll just spend time with jaewon.

somi was getting compliments every now and then with her costume. she ended up looking her up and seeing the accuracy of what she had on, this '2b' from this video game called 'nier: automata'. it was pretty spot on except perhaps the revisions done on her dress to make it less revealing and a little longer. nevertheless, she was sure she had a chance at winning that costume contest. "aww, you two look really cute wearing couple costumes like that!" the young girl looks back at someone she assumed to be a one of the contest organizers.

she looks at her confused, humming as she pointed at herself. "yes, you and your partner over there," somi turns to see a boy ( @lmhwanwoong ) just a tiny bit shower than she is wearing a similar looking costume. "oh, no, no he's not my partner, i have a--" she was immediately interrupted by the female staff again with words that changed her annoyed expression, "i think you two have a chance at winning!" the young girl doesn't think twice and steps up to the boy, "we are joining this together."

[lmsomi]

good kids gone bad

"you're too slow, hurry up!" she tells her friend as she stops pedaling letting gravity do it's work as they go down the hill. it was getting dark, but somi could still spare some time before going back to the dorm to call it a night. she could use a break from the studying too. there were a bunch of other things she had in mind to justify going biking today, but she thought that irrelevant as the excitement started taking over.

somi enjoys the company of her friends, but she likes the fact that she have tons of fun when she's with them. she couldn't really remember how she and chenle ( @lmlele ) became friends, or perhaps the memory just evaded her because she's too preoccupied with feeling the cold wind lightly hitting her cheeks, swift and sharp but not too painful. people would probably say that she's too old to be playing around like this, but they've been saying that for as long as she can remember because she's taller than most girls her age.

once they reached the end of the street, somi stops and turns to look at the boy. "why do we need to go fast again?" she asks, tugging her hair-tie, running her fingers through her hair and pulling it back into a ponytail. "it's not like riding bikes is illegal, chenle~" she teases him, sticking out her tongue before snickering.

[lmsomi]

girls in white (sparkly) dresses

it wasn't every day that she could be with jaewon alone. sure, it was going to be another stay-at-home date, but at least her parents would be out for the most part of the night. and while somi had no issue about having them around, she would like to have some alone time with jaewon too. they can't see each other as much because of training and it always feels awkward to talk about some things with her parents in the same room. but she clears her thoughts and smiles, realizing she had reached her stop.

the young girl fixes mask as she makes her way out of the bus, jumping off, and skipping on the sidewalks, humming as she did. if there was somebody she trusted to help her with this, it was yerim ( @lmyerim ). somi always thought she was stylish, effortlessly stylish -- something she would like to achieve. it would probably take some time, and she didn't have much so she'd resorted to just ask yerim to help her pick out something that's not sweatpants or training wear.

she stops and jumps as she waves excitedly as soon as she spots choi yerim at their meeting place, "choi yerim!" the young girl calls out as she runs over and gives her a big hug. "hello~ hello! how are you pretty girl?" somi links her arm with yerim's, "what have you been up to lately, hm? have you been sleeping? eating right? practicing lots? tell me~ tell me~"