i don't think it's possible for me to put into words how surreal it is to see all fifteen of them at the same venue to celebrate ryeowook and ari's marriage
it's almost been 20 years since debut. probably even longer for some of them due to how much time they spent together as trainees.
ryeowook somehow managed to get all of them, even the ones that are the most difficult to find, under one roof.
hangeng flew over from china for this. he's a husband and a dad now, and he hasn't worked in korea for over a decade. based on his public activities, he probably sees henry the most these days thanks to street dance of china.
kangin's been officially out of suju for 5-6 years now. i still remember the day he dropped the announcement as ot9 were about to get on a plane for a concert. yet zhoumi and him went camping this past year, and he's still their rock of embarrassing dad humor after all these years. the members sometimes rep his new clothing brand demebeta.
kibum has been missing in action for a looong time. he did a youtube video with heechul once as a public catch up of sorts and then continued to lie in the woodwork, on brand for the massive introvert that he is.
sungmin has bravely gone off to conquer trot by himself after his whole wedding fiasco from years ago. i'm glad that he's seemed to have made his peace with it and has started forging a new path, yet i'm still livid that he had to to begin with. perpetually the official yet unofficial member, he still showed up for eunhyuk's dad's funeral and he came for ryeowook's wedding.
these 15 guys have so much history. so many fights and large good/bad life events under their belt. they've made it through all of this, and that's how they're able to punch under the belt and make jokes about what used to be a painful time. i don't expect outsiders to understand their sense of humor with each other, because they're not the intended audience.
i guess what i'm trying to say is i'm glad they were able to come together. suju will always be 15, even if the company or other elf say otherwise. they will always be a cohort of 15 brothers.
