─ mnet waiting area

@☾ jennie kim ʳᵘᵇʸ ʲᵃⁿᵉ //watches you fondly as you sit and explain about the songs, only broken out of my trance by the sounding of a "right answer", and i grin as well, giving an overall round of applause/
Yes indeed, women are great.
//nods in agreement, letting her teammate close off the interview with some final words, alternating between smiling fondly at her and then training a smile at the camera too/
Thank you Teen Vogue! He have learned many things about each other, and showed you our friendship~
Make sure to stream out EP "Daydream" and please invite us back soon! And we will go and exam each other on 20 questions, right?
//snorts out a laugh, turning to you once again, so we wave goodbye together/

@☾ kim yongsun ˢᵒˡᵃʳ holds a peace sign up to her eye when she gets the answer correct and then leans over to hugs solar
aweeeee. I will definitely take you to london one day! we've been friends for so long and not once has she visited my london home, absolutely criminal
she turns back to the camera, face slowly splitting into a rightfully smug grin as she is correct once again
because I know you like jazzy music duh! and it just fits your overall vibe. It really brings the soul out of her voice
i was torn about whatta man and I don't need a man. The complete opposite ahhahaha.
hmmmm is my fav "how you like that"?
raises a brow towards the camera keeping an air of mystery until her façade breaks with a large smile
ding ding ding!!! it is. not only because I wrote it either. it's overall my style. i love women empowerment. I love women.
she says confidently knowing full and well no one will ever know the true extent to how much she truly loves women.
that was a really good last question! we really appreciate teen vogue inviting us here. Solar, is there anything you'd like to say?

@☾ jennie kim ʳᵘᵇʸ ʲᵃⁿᵉ Okay now, HOW was i supposed to guess a whole NEW country, aishhhh
//protests energetically, but then quiets down, nodding in quiet acceptance/
That is correct - I would love to go to Europe and especially London. With Jennie.
//wraps my arms around your arm again, listening to the question, then your answer, thinking there is no way you would get it, but then my eyes widen in surprize, pulling away even/
Ding ding ding! How did you know! No but, this is correct, I really do like this song very very much, it's exactly my style!
//nods energetically to the camera, then turns back to you, beaming with a grin/
Which other one were you torn about?
Ah, also - for Ruby Jane, I'm pretty sure I know the song - my answer is "How You Like That", that is Ruby Jane's favourite DIA song.

@☾ kim yongsun ˢᵒˡᵃʳ Well guess what?
she pauses for dramatic effect
you’re wrong. I would love to go to somewhere i have never been. I would love to visit spain one day or Russia, you know to experience cultural
and for youuuuuuuuuuuu
I’m gonnaa say London because you just ousted yourself. Mwahahahahaha.
“Alright here comes the last and final question, what is your friends favorite dia song?”
/jennie lets out a breath at that with a face that has yikes written all over it
Oh man.
she taps the board against her chin, eyes squinted in thought
I really don’t knooowwww.
Her voice is really good for whatta man, but I’m torn. Ugh. Okay final answer, whatta man!

@☾ jennie kim ʳᵘᵇʸ ʲᵃⁿᵉ I *was* doing it on purpose, i want to *win*.
//explains absolutely not bashfully, not hiding my strategy from the camera, then groans waaaayyy too exasperated, as if i have to choose how to save the world/
Uuuughhhhh, now *you* are doing on purpose.
//gets really close and makes a face, then turns back to the camera/
So, we were in Sao Paolo recently, then I will choose London as the one place. Yes, this is my final choice.
ALSO, MISS, you have to tell me if im right now, and where would *I* like to take a trip!

@☾ kim yongsun ˢᵒˡᵃʳ looks at the camera , having a Dwight from the office moment when solar very much so swerves her answer for a different option
l a m e. I feel like you’re doing this on purpose. shaking my head.
she pouts at the audience though it quickly melts when its her turn to send her friend for a loop
HA
she swats at nothing, feeling ever so smug
You have to choose O N E. London is veey different from brazil. Which one is it? Hm? Hm?

@☾ jennie kim ʳᵘᵇʸ ʲᵃⁿᵉ //the staff begin to groan at our endless gay trip, but i grin with giddy giggles, enjoying this thoroughly/
//fist bumps the air when my answer is revealed as correct, nodding away at the explanation calmly, listening with one ear to the translator too, then peeks to see the answer, disregarding the work mishap since i completely miss the meaning of it, laughing at the explanation and revealing the empty spot in my own pad/
Honestly, I have no idea, I couldn't even choose on my own. If i really *had* to pick just one, my intuition would say "in the city", because Ruby Jane is right that i've lived in Seoul all my life and I just know the place. But she's right about everything else too, and the countryside is a calm place for a weary soul~ Can we give her at least half a point for that, or something? Please?
//grins when the producers nod behind camera, and remembers something, turning to Jennie/
ALSO! Why are you thinking about me retiring and settling down already??? Yah, I'm not that old!!!
//slaps your thigh lightly, shakes my head and reads off the next question in my broken accent/
"If your friend could take a trip to anywhere in the world, where would they go?"
Oh... Okay I am split between two, so I will say the two and will hope. So as we said Ruby Jane loves hot places and the beach, very hot country like Brazil, so my answers are either Sao Paolo, Brazil, or London, England, because I know she loves being there, and we have talked about Europe a lot. And if i'm right, i will ask that she takes me next time, because I have never been and I want to go.
//grins and turns to her friend with the notepad facing to the camera/

@☾ kim yongsun ˢᵒˡᵃʳ beams proudly at being called yongsuns baby which it was very much true and apparent to anyone who watched them.
I personally associate Sol with flowers to be honest. yes she’s walking sunshine but she’s fresh like flowers. Very lively in that sense.
nods when she finishes to further punctuate just how vibrant her best friend is. she leaves the topic at that and moves on to scribbling down her next answer. It was yongsuns turn to go first and jennie wasn’t disappointed. she gives an over exaggerated royal and proper clap for her friend
That’s correct. Honestly I love being at the beach. Don’t get me wrong, i love the city and i enjoy being out in the country but the tropics is just so beautiful. I had so much fun when we stopped in brazil for our tour, i really wanted to stay because it was amazing.
she slowly turns her board around to reveal “countryside”
honestly she may take a piss out of me - oh am i allowed to say that ?
the producers laugh from behind the camera and let her know its okay that they’d edit it out.
sorry, the brit in me just slipped out. honestly, this was quite hard for me because I could EASILY see her living in anywhere because she’s so adaptable. But. I say country side because she’s lived in the city all of her life honestly, and i feel like beaches are good for her to go vacationing but I really think the countryside is her calling. like when she gets older and wants to settle down. Oh gosh, tell me how wrong I am.

@☾ jennie kim ʳᵘᵇʸ ʲᵃⁿᵉ I like the articleeees!!!!
//waves my hands in protest, whining out my defense, but then grins as well and winds my arms around her best friend's skinny one, laying my head on her shoulder for a moment, then pulls away, and laughs at the emoji answer, nodding in agreement/
Yes, indeed, this time this is 100% correct, ding ding ding ding!
//"rings" an imaginary bell and smiles brightly as prompted when Jennie puts her hands like a little showcase pedestal for me; then turns around my own pad where a baby chick is coming out of an egg, with the name of the emoji written in korean/
And for Ruby Jane - her representative emoji is the baby chick, and it really cute just like her, and she is my baby, so I wrote that one. BUT I WANT TO ADD--
//raises a finger before continuing/
-- that for *me* personally, i associate Jennie with the lipstick kiss mark emoji - because it just reminds me of her, it's red, its y, very feminine, and red lipstick really suits her.
//looks at her bf with a fond smile, listening to the next question, then purses my lips in thought/
Yeah, you know, we talk about all kinds of stuff, but trivia? Huh... This is actually harder to answer for myself, than for Jen, so //turns my pad// my answer is that she prefers to stay at the beach, she really likes warm places, and she was so happy when we were on tour just now, in places with beaches.
//grins, nodding eagerly in agreement to the 20 questions, with a laugh that echoes even if i had pulled my mic down/

@☾ kim yongsun ˢᵒˡᵃʳ when she says the answer is wrong , jennies face falls in shock. she was so sure and she hadn’t be prepared for her friend to know marie claire of all magazines.
whaaaaat?
she looks towards the camera and back to her friend , a slow dumbfound smile taking over her lips before muttering in korean
oh? we suddenly know fashion magazines? you surprise me everyday kim yongsun. you’re really too much.
she gently nudges into solar playfully briefly and lets out a squeal of joy at the level of absolute easiness of next question
okay. Easy peasy.
I’ll go first
she scribbles her answer and turns it around with sun written in cursive english and then a small little sun drawing in the corner
The sun emoji d u h! It’s the only obvious answer. I feel like she gets that a lot though because her stage name is Solar and her real name is yongSUN. and she has a bright sunny smile
she holds a hand up under solars chin, putting her little head on display.
“where would your friend rather be; the beach, the city or the countryside.”
hmmmmm
that’s actually a really good one . It’s the way I'm realizing we do not have DEEP conversations like this often hahahahaha. We’re gonna go home and have a whole 20 questions session.

@☾ jennie kim ʳᵘᵇʸ ʲᵃⁿᵉ //turns my attention to the staff as soon as they start talking, catching more or less the meaning of the question, but then listens to the translator, getting that "aaaah" moment of understanding, so i quickly start to scribble on my notepad for the answers, only pausing when i actually have to write out the answer for myself/
Mmm... Yeah, she is right, I'm not that fashionable, so thanks to stylist unnies~
//grins sheepishly, then catches the "abs" being mentioned and slaps your leg in protest and switches to Korean/
Yaaaaaah! Talking about abs again...
Okay, but this answer is.... drumroll... wrong! To be honest, i really am not good with fashion like Ruby Jane, but i wrote down Marie Claire. I like their pictorials and their articles - they are very global.
Okay, and for Ruby Jane, i'm pretty sure I will be correct, hehe, I have written down Vogue.
//turns my notepad with the answers and looks hopefully to the younger girl, while the staff prepare for the next question./
"Which emoji best represents your friend?"
Oh, that's easy...
//gets to scribbling quickly/

@☾ kim yongsun ˢᵒˡᵃʳ bragging rights
she answers solar in korean, the rest of the korean staff laughing along with them while the american staff just grins in pretentious understanding.
"alright ladies, the first question is: if your friend could pose for any fashion magazine in the world for a solo shoot, which would it be?"
a korean translator follows suit with translating for solar. jennie is a bit stumped for that one , the question a bit more complex than she was expecting
jeez, you guys weren't playing when you said it wasn't going to be easy questions. oh man.
she looks over at her best friend, trying to remember if solar had ever said anything but really coming up blank
honestly, I don't think it's ever come up hahah, solar isn't really big on fashion. she's more so the type that prefers to hone in on her skills and such, plus working out. you guys should google her abs, I'm not lying.
okay. I'm going to say either vogue or dazed, because everyone love those. those are the safest choice

@☾ jennie kim ʳᵘᵇʸ ʲᵃⁿᵉ Hello Teen Vogue!
//waves with both hands, smiling brightly at the camera as you do the introductions in English, so i smile and nod along, pretending i understand more than 33% of it/
Veeeery very long time~
//makes a gesture to show how long, grinning still, then braces myself for talking too, praying my tongue doesnt tangle/
Ah, i'm excited! We have never... tested?
//decides to ditch everything to hell and go back to korean/
We've known each other soooo long, and we have never tested our friendship like this, and in camera. So, let's see. Oh! What do we win if we win?
//grins at the producers behind the cameras, who shake their heads but smile at my shenanigans/

@☾ kim yongsun ˢᵒˡᵃʳ hello everyone!
she greets the audience on cue that the cameras are rolling.
We are Red Sun of DIA thank you for all tuning into watch us today.
she does the usually dia greeting and bow alongside yongsun who is sitting left of her on the leather couch.
we have come back as a subunit to surprise our fans and show a different side of ourselves that moonshine might not have seen before.
It wasn’t that difficult because Solar and I have been friends for a very long time - and that’s why we’re here today: to test our friendship in a little friendship quiz to test our knowledge of another another. Solar, how’re you feel about it?
she asks, turning to her friend who also has a mic in hand

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@✵ jessica jung⁻ˢᵗʸˡᶦˢᵗ //hearing the praise feels like a Pyrrhic victory - an idol i looked up to endlessly, speaking highly of my skills, yet also telling me what no vocalist would like to hear in their career or life ever/
Thank you...
//subconsciously starts to pinch a nail, the acrylic extension soon threatening to give way if i keep poking, but im too nervous to pay attention to it, needing to busy my hands with something, so that i dont explode, eyes brimming with tears i already hate, and hate myself for even tearing up/
I... I didn't think it was serious enough to bother any of you with it... not you, not Kate-nim, least of all Tiffany-nim...
//speaks in the tiniest voice, knowing you were right, but still speaking the truth - that i honestly did not believe i was important enough to make a case out of it/
I'm sorry. It *is* my fault for not flagging this. I should have...
//something tightens in my throat and cuts the sentence in half, and its not the pain, but i bite on the inside of my cheek and will the tears back where they came from, and pick my head up with a sniffle of resolution, assured by the supporting gesture/
So... what happens to our "I'll be Yours" promotions now? What should I do to fix this? Inflammation can be fixed, right? I can... I can sing again? Right?

@☾ kim yongsun ˢᵒˡᵃʳ hyejin can sense yongsuns desperation, as a performer herself she empathizes with the young girl; however, whats done is done. regardless of how yongsun feels now it is hyejins responsibility to take care of her artists and make sure their voices and as well as their health conditions are taken care of with proper precaution.
Yongsun, you are one of my favorite vocalists in the industry right now. Please listen and understand me when I say this not as your vocal coach but as someone who adores you and your voice, you. cannot. continue. schedules. I already talked to CEO-nim , you girls have been through a lot and I’m not discrediting that, but whats all this hard work and stress for if you throw it all away by making detrimental decisions all on your own. you knew this was an issue for awhile, you didn’t say anything to your manager, to Kate or to me. If you didn’t want to be in this position then you should’ve handled it sooner. own up to this and take responsibility as you’ve been taught.
her tone remained firm but not one trace of anger or disappointed laced within her words. it does nothing to hurt an idols feelings who just wants to do her best and reap in the sacrifices they’ve had to make. a hand reaches out to knead comfortably at her shoulder
I’m sorry, kiddo. I really am.

@✵ ahn hyejin ʜᴡᴀsᴀ⁻ᵛᵒᶜᵃˡ ᶜᵒᵃᶜʰ Dude, same! I felt like i was surrounded in the interview room - it's cramped anyway and they are wayyy too many-- oh, hello, ssaem!
//finally free from yet another crop top and a mini skirt combo, i lounge in the dressing room, waiting for the rest of the girls to be ready to go, as i chat with an assistant stylist, but straighten up quickly when i see the vocal coach enter, bowing my head quickly with a little confused look as she rushes everyone out for me to focus on her and the envelope/
//something in my throat tightens as she points to the envelope and starts talking, the report not something i was looking forward to at all/
//gnaws on my lips nervously, as i feel like im being scolded by someone i feel high regard for and look up to, looking down as she speaks, every word hitting like a dagger and tightening that thing that feels like a hangman's rope around my throat, only to end up in "surgery" where i gasp and look up with big shocked eyes/
I'm... I took some throat lozenges to numb it down... I didn't want to ruin the comeback schedules... The girls have been through a lot, we... we *have* to do well.
//leans forward slightly, a gesture that gave away her desperation for this comeback/

@☾ kim yongsun ˢᵒˡᵃʳ good job everyone, you’ve all worked hard
hyejin praises the staff and idols alike as she passes through the backstage area, offering words of encouragement to everyone to mask her growing irritation . a yellow envelope is tight in her grasps that holds a big fat question mark on the future of one of her favorite vocalists. when she finally reaches the door of dia’s waiting room she gives thee firm raps at the door before opening it;
there was the after performance chaos of trying to get the heaps of makeup off, and stylists carefully putting the stage outfits back on the racks but the high atmosphere seemed to be cooling down as all the girls greeted her in their comfy clothes and so hyejin took initiative
congratulations ladies. I don’t mean to disrupt but I have something to discuss with your leader privately. everyone out, out, out.
she gently ushers everyone out of the room, eyes trained on yongsun as she does so. when the room was finally clear with just the two of them, hyejin steps over the items on the floor still and takes a seat. she says nothing at first and then holds up the yellow envelope, tapping it with a manicure nail
do you know what this is? this is the report from the doctors concerning your throat. I’m at a loss for words and I don’t mean to worry you, Sun, I really don’t but it’s about time you should be scared.
the nickname falls from her lips with ease having been close and knowing the female idol since she was a less confident trainee up until now and perhaps that’s one of the many reasons she feels so upset at the whole situation. she opens the envelope takes out the sheets of paper and clears
patient has inflammation on her nodes and increasing amounts of built up bacteria. Sun, you’re in so much pain right now and you've yet to say anything? This is serious if not treated accordingly you could have to have surgery if this isn’t taken care of and it needed to be taken care of /weeks/ ago.

@☼ kim hanbin Changbin watched as the other comfortably sat down. He felt the expectation the other wanted and followed suit, though his arm never lost grip of the pillow. His hands fidgeted with the corner of the pillow, though he smiled as the other chuckled, feeling a bit more relaxed even with just the little bit of interaction between the two.
"I know a lot of you guys have performed before, it's probably not as nerve-wracking. But I understand it still is." He mumbled out the last sentence, worried his words could come off the wrong way. His demeanor changed once he heard the next question, though he tried to keep a smile to hide a bit of his feelings. "It's alright, just crazy schedules." Then, he heard the second part of the sentence, looking around the room a moment. To try to keep the mood light, he let out a chuckle, though it almost came out a bit sad. "Um, well, Jungkook and I were friends before, so we get along. But he's close with Jimin so I understand him not always talking to me." His gaze was glued to the pillow, still fidgeting with it. "The others haven't really made any moves to talk and I haven't really either. B-but I understand that everyone is close friends already and I was just thrown in." His last sentence trails off as he shrugs to try to seem nonchalant.

@☼ seo changbin Hanbin noticed the way the younger sat up as he replied and he carefully tried to position himself casually on the couch in an attempt to give off a comfortable and comforting energy. Of course the pre-performance nerves weren't exactly helping but he tried to push that back with a chuckle.
"I guess it would be expected, I'm sure we all are" He said with a warm smile before wondering how to word his follow up question "Your addition was pretty sudden... How are you holding up?" He asked hoping the shorter rapper wouldn't take it the wrong way "Not just about the debut and schedules but within the group and getting to know the guys... Did you manage to talk to them a bit yet?" Hanbin tried to word it simply but cautiously as he himself hadn't done much to reach out to Changbin yet.

@☼ kim hanbin Changbin felt as if he unintentionally put a barrier between himself and the other members of the group. If Jungkook wasn't his past friend, he didn't think he would have opened his mouth at all within the group. Hence why he was alone on the couch, makeup and hair already done. One hand fidgeted on his phone, stealing glances around the room every so often. His other hand had a pillow hugged against his body, taking out his nerves by squeezing it a little.
He took notice that Jungkook was gone a long while ago, not too surprising to him as he noticed Jimin was as well. None of his other members had seemed all too interested in him, or at least not from an outside perspective. He pulled up his notes app, trying to find a distraction in writing some new lyrics. Though, this was proven to be a challenge in this loud and slightly crowded room. His teeth bit the inside of his cheek, mixtures of nerves from performing and making an impression on the other members building up in his body.
His focus then shifted as he heard a voice next to him. He looked up, noticing Hanbin in front of him. "Was it that noticeable?" He says to try to joke, when he knows it was probably highly noticeable. He adjusts himself on the couch to sit up, worried on making a bad impression on the other. This was his leader, his opinion was probably the most important.

@☼ seo changbin It had been a few minutes since he'd been staring himself in the mirror, trying to will the nervouseness away from his eyes and replace it with the usual confidence and stage presence. With a long breathe Hanbin finally let his eyes wander before they got caught in Changbin's reflection sitting alone in one of the couches.
He glanced around quickly in search of the others, immediately noticing the obvious separation, Jungkook and Jimin were nowhere to be seen so he assumed they'd left together as per usual, Baekhyun and Yibo were sitting on the opposite side of the room joking around, a common sight as well, and Jongin was still getting his make up done. With one more glance at the younger member, he pushed himself away from the mirror and headed towards the boy, taking a seat next to him.
"Hey... Nervous?" He asked knowing it would be inevetable considering it was their debut and Changbin was their very new and recent addition. In fact, Hanbin felt a bit guilty just now realizing how worried he'd been with the schedules, songs, performances and everything else that he barely had any time to get acquainted with the new member and make sure he was getting along with everyone else.

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@☾ kim minjoo ᵐʲ @☾ kim minjeong ʷᶦⁿᵗᵉʳ @☾ jennie kim ʳᵘᵇʸ ʲᵃⁿᵉ //inhales and grips Jen's wrist, before going in the chair to get make up, closing my eyes as two people are working on my face and hair/
//tugs nervously on my own crop top
I can't decide if I'm happy or worried we're not promoting our title tracks at all. I feel like we've promoted Black Widow more than them. Not that I'm complaining.
//shuts up as the MUA comes in again and hushes me, then talks again when they pull away/
Everyone got an outfit already? Did you try the sizes?

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/is currently in the process of getting her hair fixed, she wants to glare but for the sake of their image and sol’s mental, she puts on a happy face

Girlies, I’m so nervous ughhh. We’re gonna crush it though, I just know it.