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[ VApp - ReNu live - continuation ]

He starts it a bit too performative, although he wants his feelings to translate into the song, he knows what will happen if he shows too much, so he pushes himself to stay in control of his emotions. It is forceful at first, almost insincere, but as his eyes land on the pouring hearts and heart-eyed emojis that fill the chat, he starts to feel a little more comfortable, allowing himself to fall into the sound and eventually getting a little bit too into the song. His eyes keep darting back to his computer screen where the lyrics swiftly scroll by, giving him a bitter taste of the reason he knows them by heart now. The song had been on repeat for a few days as he continued to ignore a certain contact, immediately turning his phone off when the name popped up on his screen. It was a surprise he had not blocked her yet, but he counted that as an achievement, though looking at it from an outside lens, maybe it was just that he still drew some type of comfort from the thought of her reaching out to him.

With each passing note, the words leaving his mouth were coming out more naturally, as was his body language, leaning further back into his chair, fingers balled up into a soft fist and eyes fluttering closed as his mind filled with the name and face that'd gotten way too familiar. It would've been rather easy to mistake his expression for just a musician who easily got too lost in the music, but he knew, and that was enough for him. As the second chorus approached he could feel his emotions peaking, getting a little self-conscious and wondering how noticeable it was for the viewers. The overthinking leads to a quick mess up of the lyrics and his mind instantly fills with the recent cause of his panic. Why was he acting like this? Despite how obvious he's made to himself, he still can't grasp how much of an effect she has over him. This was not like him, and yet, here he is, messing up something that comes so naturally to him because he can't get his mind to let go of Z-. The short pained break in his voice is a warning. Although his voice continues to work through the song even as his mind storms off in an entirely new direction, that doesn't mean it will remain immune to his emotions. If he doesn't put a stop to this train of thought, he knows it will start to show through his voice, and then he'll really do himself in. Maybe this song was a terrible idea.

He instinctively closes his eyes to get a grip of himself as he drives the thoughts away, focusing solely on getting the emotions through while not letting go of himself too much. He attempts to avoid looking at the camera for the remainder of the song, either keeping his eyes closed or peeking at the lyrics. He did steal a quick glance back at the screen during the bridge though, and the first thing he noticed were his glistening eyes. He wasn't crying, nor was he anywhere near that, but the full emotion of the song was reflected in them for anyone looking hard enough. Almost as if the words were written in his orbs for anyone to read. The look on his own face catches him off-guard and he messes up the lyrics one final time as he brings the song to an end. Keeping his eyes locked on the screen as the closing notes ring through his room, he barely notices the long exhale that unintentionally leaves his lips before he can stop it. He comes back to it once the song restarts, smoothly pressing the pause button before it can get further than the first couple of words "Ah, this song.." The bassist lets out, bringing a hand up to rub at his face as he checks the comments one final time. He takes advantage of the surge of crying faces to mimic fake crying, hoping to play off any previous slips as a joke, before quickly switching back to his trademark smile.

"Alright, thank you everyone for joining!" Tomo starts out one last time, eyes scanning the chat and feeling slightly reassured by comments mentioning his 'soulful voice' or how good he is at 'delivering emotions'. That is the job of a singer after all. Even if that's not how they're feeling at the moment, right? "Okay, I'll get going! Eat well everyone, good night~"

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[ VApp - ReNu are now live ]

Tomo adjusted the phone camera a little as the digits on the screen counted down the seconds before the stream went live, and within the next few seconds he watched the number of viewers quickly rising, the comments immediately flowing in. It had been a long while since he'd last done one of this. In fact, he hadn't been all too active on social media in general, which was unnatural of him, but unnatural was starting to feel a little too natural for him by now. The reactions from the fans were quick to bring a small smile over his features as he read through enthusiastic comments and 'we missed you's. It felt like a little boost when he'd initially thought to do this as just a distraction from the complete circus his mind had recently turned into.

"I haven't been posting much, right?" He lets out with a characteristic chuckle as he continues to scan the running chat. "We have been a little busy... Can't really say much yet, but you'll know when the time comes" He speaks again, a small grin pulling at the corners of his lips at the short tease. Anyone who knew the bassist enough would know that he liked leaving little spoilers or teasers about what the band was up to. Hell, he'd sometimes even manage to bait a little bit on the other groups' promotions as well. He barely even got scolded for it anymore as he never took it too far to be prejudicial and they knew the fans enjoyed the content.

As he sees the fans starting to spam the chat with eye emojis, interrogation points, and questions about a possible comeback, Tomo quickly dismisses the topic once more with a satisfied smile. "Since it has been a while, I was wondering what we should do today" He starts, turning back slightly in his chair to peek over his shoulder at where his instruments stood, propped up in their spots against the wall. He considered getting up to get his guitar before deciding against it. He'd just started and didn't feel like getting up again. He'd do a few without it. "And I was thinking we could do some songs? How about it?" The bassist questioned again, spinning back on his chair to face the small screen once more as if to confirm the viewers were down for it. Seeing mostly positive responses, he offers a small nod, already pressing on his keyboard to find his Spotify playlists. "Hm? Games?" He squints a little spotting one comment asking him about a gaming stream. "Not sure when that will be... But I'll talk to Kion and see if we can set up something soon" He answers shortly directing his attention back to his screen for a few seconds. With all that had been bugging his mind, Kion had become almost like collateral damage. The reason they hadn't been playing or streaming much anymore was purely because they hadn't been gaming together much, in fact, they had barely been talking recently. It had not been intentional, but just a reflective response in order to avoid certain topics which he knew Kion must've been really hyped about recently.

"Any requests?" The male suggests after quietly clearing his throat, gaze alternating between the chat and the list of songs, as he considers what to open with. "Ah~ Bambi?" His eyebrows raise a little at the title he sees for only a fleeting moment before his hand reaches for his mouse. That one was on his playlist, he'd practiced it before, and it could certainly be a good opener. "Alright~ Let's do it!" He says excitedly as the first few notes play through the speakers, leaning back in his chair a little to get comfortable as he waits for the first line to hit, watching the flood of comments that he'd so dearly missed. He'd forgotten how good it felt to do these lives. To have something to focus on and have people compliment him and boost him up, instead of hyper-focusing on the things that should have ever found a home in the back of his brain, and yet they did. With a silent exhale, almost as if exhaling all the negative feelings, he allows his voice to flow in the form of a song, following the original singer's lead with a harmonized tone.

He managed to lose himself in the music and the attention of the viewers, going through multiple songs and styles, picking up the guitar or the bass at one point or another for some solos and even offering a short snippet of an original song he'd been working on for a while. The live goes on, going through multiple stages, and at one point, he's just excitedly talking to his phone, allowing his fans to question him while selectively answering whichever ones weren't too intrusive or cringey and actively avoiding whatever topics he knew could be an easy set up for whoever wanted to twist his words or look too much into it. It had been well over an hour, nearing almost the two-hour mark when he was interrupted by a knock on the door, forcing his eyes to the entrance of his room in surprise, only to spot Zoë peeking from the hallway. The leader was here seemingly only to inform him that their manager would be over for dinner to discuss further plans, to which he offers a quiet nod, with a smooth gesture towards the camera to let the other know he was live before she gives him an apologetic motion, letting him know to wrap it up soon.

"Okay~ It's almost dinner time, I should get going soon, so we can all enjoy a good meal" The bassist states as he readjusts his previously slouched-over position in his gaming chair, pushing himself up from the seat so he can swiftly drop his electric guitar over the unmade bed. As he turns back to the screen, it is now filled with crying emotes and long 'nooo's, with only a few people sending farewells. He lets out a playful exhale tilting his head a little as if to question them why they were like this "Okay, how about one last song? Yeah?" The chat quickly turned positive once more, earning the fans a small shake of his head, though his expression was still amused. "Just because I was gone so long, then we'll all go, okay?" He requested, though mostly as a rhetorical question as he would have to go either way. His gaze is directed right back to his computer screen, and as he is scrolling past his songlist in search of the perfect choice to end the live, his eyes fall onto the most recent addition to his playlist and he stops for a second. He feels goosebumps ghost over his skin at the knowledge of why this song was sitting there on his list and a part of him wants to sing it for the viewers. Just for the sake of sharing a little bit of his true feelings, even if they could never entirely understand. In fact, as of right now, no one really would aside from himself. And yet, he hesitates. He isn't sure he could actually go through with it, especially not as he feels his heart squeeze in his chest, something rather uncharacteristic of him, but that had become way more common than he'd like to admit. Before he knows it though, he feels his fingers press through his mouse and he hears the first few words play through the speakers of his room. Directing his eyes back to the camera, he checks his own image on the mirrored screen, one of his hands coming up to his chest as he tries to pick himself up for a moment before accompanying the singer's voice with his own. If he's going to do this, he needs to at least keep it up for the live. /Don't overdo it Hwi/. 

『 → Instagram • @juhann_ is now livestreaming! 』

the mellow sound of a quite very familiar song rings out as sihan comes into view of the camera.

"happy birthday to you~♪ happy birthday to you~♪"

a wide grin on his lips, now grabbing the adorable quokka cake from the table to show it off to the camera as he waits for the song to fade out.

"hello to everyone tuning in, this is jung sihan. and before everything else!" he pauses dramatically, "—I'd like to thank everyone for their greetings. no matter if you've been here for a day, a month or ever since i started. I'm grateful for your well wishes." sihan nods, carefully placing down the cake before it follows the awful fate of its predecessor (last year's vlog in which the cake ended up on the floor instead of his stomach. hence to say, sihan was upset.)

"I'll keep this one short. i have a couple of presents to open and! a present for you guys too at the end. I'll let you listen to the full demo of a song i just finished—" a cheeky smirk on his face, soon grabbing one of the paper bags just outside the camera's frame.

"presents time!"

sihan never really accepts gifts or letters his viewers send him. only during special occasions like this does he make exceptions. after all, it gets quite annoying to be bombarded by spam messages about needing to accept gifts.

sihan believes he's found a middle ground.

it almost took him an hour to open all the gifts. wrappers and boxes littering the table and his floor. sihan was amazed at some of them, either because of the pricetag or the thoughts that went into picking it. he snorted and laughed at the silly ones he received. almost throwing one gift across the room—sihan does Not want his livestream getting flagged as containing mature content. it was hilarious though.

unfortunately, all good things must come to an end—so did sihan's birthday livestream. even teasingly saying his closing remarks to the camera, acting as if he forgot what he initially promised. that is, until the comments started popping off.

"—okay, okay! chill. i was kidding." another wide grin, going off screen for a bit as he grabs his trusty acoustic guitar.

"I'll be ending the stream after the song so—thank you to everyone for tuning in to my birthday stream. i hope to have you again next year and to many more in the future."

sihan then positions his guitar, strumming it once with the pick before finally starting the demo of his newly written piece. he doesn't really plan on releasing this one to be honest, wanting to keep the song as his instead of making others sing it.

❛Falling down, I'm an alien on this earth
I don't seem to belong anywhere by myself
No matter how much I smile, I feel so lonely
Like aliens trying to blend in with Earthlings
No one can hear me when I try and say something.❜
— jung sihan 'Alien' (https://spotify.link/93KKVieA5Cb)

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after wrapping up his first song, he leaning forward to take a glance at the chat and smiled brightly to see his sister's old groupmate. "thank you so much, noona! i'll let liesel know you said hello when i see her later, okay?" luckily he's got hundreds of song instrumentals and rock rearrangements he's saved in his playlist, quickly pulling up the artist she requested. " yeah, i've got just the thing in mind. i hope you enjoy it schatzi! if you don't then i'll cry."

⠀⇢　ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ: https://youtu.be/aUrrR5e4yuc

✦ ⫶ ⇢ @ᴀʀᴄʜᴀɴɢxʟ's ʟɪᴠᴇsᴛʀᴇᴀᴍ
⠀⠀〈 @ᴋɪᴛᴛɪ_ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛ! 〉
⠀⠀➜ happy birthday kiddo!!
⠀⠀➜ and keep it up with the covers :100: :fire: :fire: :red_heart:
⠀⠀ ⠀billy idol ftw! also maybe grace us with some red hot chili peppers?!? :eyes:

〘 @ᴀʀᴄʜᴀɴɢxʟ ɪs ɴᴏᴡ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ sᴛʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ! 〙
⠀⇢　ᴛɪᴍᴇ: 12:15 ᴘ.ᴍ. 14 august 2023
⠀⇢　ᴠɪsᴜᴀʟs: https://i.imgur.com/6ku8ST6.png
⠀⇢　ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ: https://youtu.be/7pvKhKSkehs

once setting up his camera phone in a proper spot to get a good view of himself and his beloved electric guitar, the flying angel fantasia (https://espguitars.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/s05_alfee_takamizawa_esp02.png), klaus hit the live button and gave a warm smile as he stood upright comfortably within the frame all on his lonesome inside a dark lotus recording studio.

"guten tag~! today's a special day for me as some of you might know. i'm turning twenty one, yet i've still got some time to kill before my practice ends today. so i figured i'd play a few songs for you! does anyone have requests? i don't know every song, but i can try my best." aimlessly he strums the strings on his guitar to test how they sound through the studio speakers, nodding with satisfaction at the reverberations then bringing his mic closer near plush rosy lips. "well, i'll start with one of my favorites! nothing beats billy idol, right?"

one more harsh strum of a g chord and clearing of his throat did he finally pull up one of his all time classic songs, rebel yell, grinning joyously as his fingers instantly fell into place along the fretboard. the lightning sound of his guitar roared over the backing track of the song and meshed effortlessly with his raspy deep baritone, his voice like a delicious aphrodisiac of cigarettes and velvet.

〔 @ɪsᴇᴋᴀᴡᴀ ɪs ɴᴏᴡ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴏɴ ɪɴsᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ! 〕
⠀› ᴛɪᴍᴇ + ᴅᴜʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ: 8:45 ᴘ.ᴍ. / 3:20:15
⠀› ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ: https://i.imgur.com/llTyOdI.gif

the live stream’s off to a rather rough start. pitch black except for the partial glints of light visible on the screen for everyone to see. this was accompanied by a very muffled audio output that could only pick up the faintest noise of wheels rolling against the pavement. surely, with a setup like this, the stream itself just had to be an accident, right? it wouldn’t be the first time anyways— and for kion, certainly not. but as he’s picking his phone up to careen his face into clear view, out comes the usual cheeky box-like grin that his viewers indeed would have grown accustomed to. “hello again! must be surprised, eh? not my usual set up but anyway, i thought for tonight i could use some company. so, i’m bringing you guys along with me– where? stick around and find out.”

In an attempt to completely forget the accidental live stream experience that took place hours earlier, the boy traversed a considerable amount of tunnels, echoes ricocheting about from fellow travelers on their wheels; cyclists, skateboarders, and even rollerbladers at times. although, apart from the idyllic sense of freedom from being on the move, in kion’s opinion, the best part of the moment at hand had to be the han riverside view. during such an hour when the moon shined brightest, the trainee's energy was kept at bay as he showed the area he explored along the way - a sight he had easily grown to admire over time. “we should be there pretty soon, and noooo. i’m not going to turn on any weird filters anymore, please." he exclaims with a buoyant laugh which carries him all the way to the skatepark as he continues to converse with those still watching on.

“i’ve been coming here for.. don’t remember exactly how long. it’s been a good while though!” at some point in time, the phone is settled aside for several moments to capture the rest of the vicinity. kion trailed a little further into the distance with his skateboard so he could demonstrate a couple of tricks as he’s breezing through the halfpipes, landing some flatlines on the rails, midair tricks on some of the spine rails, and more until the very moment he gets to make it back in time, the skateboard skidding against the floor, to try and catch up with more of his viewers. “how’d i do? might’ve slipped a few times, but for sure i’ll stay working on it. ehe.”

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⟨@ᴍᴇɪʀɪʀɪɴ ʜᴀꜱ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛ⟩ "I knew you would win"~~ :heart: :heart: :heart:
⟨@ᴍᴇɪʀɪʀɪɴ ʜᴀꜱ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛ⟩ "there's a reason our Kion's called the DBD master!!" :face_with_hearts:

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〔 @ᴋ.ᴏɴɪᴛᴇ ɪs ɴᴏᴡ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ sᴛʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ! 〕
⠀› ᴛɪᴛʟᴇ: (ᴛᴜᴇsᴅᴀʏs ᴏɴ ᴛᴡɪᴛᴄʜ) ᴛʜᴇ ᴅʀᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍs! ꜰᴛ. ᴀɴʏᴀ & ʜᴇᴇᴊᴜɴ
⠀› ᴛɪᴍᴇ + ᴅᴜʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ: 12:00 ᴀ.ᴍ. / 2:45:06
⠀› ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ: https://i.imgur.com/tVzHWK3.gif

“hi, konnichiwa, kion desu! as you already know it’s been a while, but there’s no way that i can ever come back empty-handed, of course. for tonight’s treat, my friends, we’re diving into another game of dead by daylight. and this time? for sure, we’ve got the whole gang right here!”

kion was most especially ecstatic for the time being; not only was he playing with such gregarious company, but he was also in position as the killer of the session— and better yet? as one of the newest additions in-game too, the dredge. amongst all things, he made sure to keep up with game updates whether that be new skins, characters, events, and more. although, nothing could utterly beat the feeling of finally being able to sit behind the screen to see and judge for himself just how good these new modifications were.

however, so far so good as he trudged around the dark and ominous vicinity of the map they’d chosen, the boy making sure he played wisely with their predicted build. “you know what’s funny? i felt like i was definitely cheating on my main pick, the oni, but.. the dredge might actually be pretty good! now good enough to catch anya noona here? hey now, that we will just..” he pauses for a good minute to concentrate on getting the right timing to pull yet another jump scare now that one of the familiar faces on the team was nearby, but the moment he pounces? said target flees only to lead kion into the only other survivor in the game as well. “..have to see for ourselves.”

“man.. heejun hyung’s still alive, huh? i wonder how that happened.” giving way to a taunting smirk, it isn’t long before he’s swooping in for the kill and letting out a triumphant laugh upon capturing the both of them following a treacherous while of playing cat and mouse. ultimately, his favourite gameplay style of all time, purposely striking fear into the hearts of those he played with which surely kept the adrenaline rush going for absolutely everybody.

〔 @ᴋ.ᴏɴɪᴛᴇ ɪs ɴᴏᴡ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ sᴛʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ! 〕
⠀› ᴛɪᴛʟᴇ: (ᴛᴜᴇsᴅᴀʏs ᴏɴ ᴛᴡɪᴛᴄʜ) ᴀ ǫᴜᴇsᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ?
⠀› ᴛɪᴍᴇ + ᴅᴜʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ: 12:00 ᴀ.ᴍ. / 3:05:34
⠀› ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ: https://i.imgur.com/lUJgzDw.gif

“konbanwa! you’ve all missed me, right? gomen gomen, i’ve been very busy these days but of course, i gotta make it up to everyone. so.. today, i’ll be doing something a little different and playing what /you/ guys tell me to! i’ve got a couple of requests sent in already and huh.. a few of these do sound familiar!”

unbeknownst to kion just yet, the majority of requests that had blown within his comments section were rage games. and unfortunately so, he was giving it a head-start with utmost enthusiasm, and the willingness to prove that this gameplay would be a fun one, much like the rest of his streams so far.

the chaos was usually ensued, but nobody and not even kion was prepared for his immediate 360° relaunch of mood over the next couple of hours, filled with the numerous times he’d seemingly lose both his cool and soul over the camera.

sinking into his seat, head rolling back in exasperation to the incessant yelling that would only beg for his viewers to lower their volumes. “i can’t believe you’ve done this?..” the gamer would confide into his audience with absolute disbelief that they’d put him up to such a thing. although, if he thought ‘getting over it’ was a game spawned from hell, then the next round of games were only going to reel him in much deeper into the dark side. “just you all wait, i’ll make it!”

it was white day, and for drei, if there was one way to spend such a special event? then it would be bonding with the fans she cared for the most. wasting no time in doing so, the livestream begins accompanied by a song playing in the background as a usual set-up for most of drei’s livestreams (options by doja cat).

but this time, the stream would have a pitch black screen covered by the palm of her hand that is only pulled back several short moments later to reveal drei and an ever so cheeky, gummy grin. “you must be surprised right? yeah, don’t worry because you aren’t dreaming. i’m actually here to spend time with you guys on.. what’s that? righhht.. white day.” with the good hearted roll of her eyes, caving into her tsunqueen persona as per usual, a soft chuckle is escaping past her lips as she’s focusing on the fan comments and the hearts that would quickly roll in from time to time.

the whole time through, drei would try her best to respond to any decent comment that she could, but also share enough about her days so far as well as update on the other girls of pandora— without any upcoming spoilers whatsoever, no matter how tempting it truly was. every so often as the music in her livestream would change, and sometimes by requests from fans, she also flashed different options of chocolate that she had laid out before her to eat, just to stay on theme.

“here’s to hoping lots of our charøites are enjoying themselves today. can’t go wrong without sweets either, right? let’s just share, and–” a comical grimace is strewn across her features the moment she catches some cheesy pick-up lines, some which she reads out in the open and is unable to help bursting out into laughter from. “ah, i’ll give you guys props on the confidence.. but nope.” her arms are quick to form into a cross at absolute disapproval until a white ball of fluff is walking in front of the camera and also taking her box of chocolates along with.

with a gasp to the practical chocolate-snatching crime she had just witnessed, drei is instantly turning to the camera once more, disbelief pushing her into some more laughter. “excuse me, did you all just see that? i think i’m going to have to go and call the cops on a certain snowball. but, thank you for joining me today– this was fun, i’ll catch you guys again soon. au revoir.” clad with a smile, she would press a kiss to her palm and then ultimately cover the camera screen once again, signing off with the last of her tough affections until next time.

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victoria opens up the live button before she fixes her now orange hair, is this a sign of another comeback? who knows?

"is it live already- oh, yeah it is." victoria mutters a bit before looking at he comments of her fans greeting her. "hello, people watching this." she waves at the camera with a smile on her face.

"today, i don't have any work to do, so i stayed in my dorm..." then she gets her notebook and pen as she continues to create a song. "don't worry, i've eaten meals before preparing a live."

she starts writing a song and starts to tune the right tempo in a lyrics before she reads the comments in her live, the fans thinks that she's writing a song for their comeback and some are in foreign language that she couldn't understand. "no, it's a hobby, i write songs but i usually keep them." victoria told her fans commenting. then some of them sending love from new york, she smiled a bit.

"hello hello, new yorkers." she greetedin english and most of the comments admired her fluent in english and some of them ask where she is from new york, "i was born in queens, i grew up learning english first before learning korean. i love playing instruments so i first played guitar then piano..." then she paused for a moment.

she remembered her time with her mother and father with musical instruments which made her feel a bit lonely now. victoria shows a glimpse of loneliness before snapping to the camera and shows her fans a smile.

"i think i have to go now, it's been a while since i make a live. bye bye." she waves and closes the live, victoria sighed and sniffed as she tries to contain her tears.