@❄ kim miso *she filters a high pitched squeal behind her hand at the hushed comment, believing every word of it as Miso might have been tiny but she was mighty as hell from everything she'd seen*
*it dies down to brittle laughter, sipping at some water to get the dryness out of *
Okay so - I need to ask!
How did you all meet?
I knowwww - oh! Stacy - *points to the only foreign girl in the room, her blonde hair making her a sore thumb in the crowd* I met her through my parents' company, but I thinkkkk... she took classes at your dance school?
Or maybe I'm thinking of a different person...
Aigo - *waves a hand in the air, fingers blurring under the neon lights, and the dinging bangles reflecting the light on their silver surfaces*
I'm just happy you're here. I haven't had a night out to myself like this in a long time. And we kept rain checking all our plans! We're busy queen bees, I know! But girly! *clicks her tongue while eyeing Miso up and down playfully*
@♡ jeon somi *really hams up doing the male parts of the song, cheese levels high and riding on a romanti-masc machismo that could rival even the manliest of simps. by the time the song ends, she's well ready for the drink being offered her way and swaps it for her mic just in time to be whisked over to the empty seat*
Whyyy? You should hang out with us more often, then! The others are /always/ looking for an excuse to celebratory sing n sip
*giggles, taking a sip from her glass*
Tooootally not embarrassing, that's just an excuse to get to know everyone from here on!
One of us~ one of us~
*chants, lightly shaking a hand to the beat of the chant before leaning in to whisper a partial joke*
And if any of the guys give you a hard time, I'll beat them up!
@❄ kim miso "Well honey if I get restless!"
*and on and on, the song went, cheesiness at a full 9000 with some of the girls filming the scene to post to their instagram stories*
*Somi played up to the camera, to Miso, and to every reflective surface that her eyes met. She'd broken a clear sweat by the time she finished, relinquishing her microphone off to the next performer so she could drag Miso into the bench seat of the booth*
Oh my godddd!! That was soooo fun! I haven't done karaoke in so longggg!
*she gushes to the girl at her side* I had no idea you would be here, unnie! But you also have no idea how, like, relieved I was to see you.
*she leans in to stage whisper* Because I only know like 2 people here.
Embarrassing, right ?
@♡ jeon somi *an uncharacteristic bought of shyness takes over with the increased spotlight—though maybe it's just the extra pressure to have a good time and not ruin anyone else's when she'd rather be showing tiktoks to her dog
she takes the mic, a practiced-easy grin on her face as she shifts it from hand to hand to get accustomed to the weight and, as the familiar track plays, her grin grows a bit more genuine*
'You can't go wrong, if you follow your heart and end with a song!'
*responds in place of a yes, chuckling and lightly swaying along to the rising music*
'I couldn't if I tried~'
@❄ kim miso *just like daddy, a bat of the eyelashes and a quick whine had led Somi to victory, and she celebrates along with the other ladies, even offering her bedazzled microphone to Miso for her to pick up*
Alright, you've heard the promise here girls!
*she cheers, swaying her hips with hands above her head, like a sign girl in a wrestling match*
Kim Miso is blessing you with a duet that she will sing with meeee!
*the microphone is swiped in her hand, whipping around with a point* Do you know Ella Enchanted, Miso~?
*the track begins playing in the back*
'Don't go breaking my heart!'
@♡ jeon somi *anyone else protesting had next to no effect on Miso. she'd worked and parties with these guys for years and had grown an immunity to their puppy dog eyes*
I swear, I'll make it up to—
*Somi was different. a fresh friend and it really doesn't help when she tacks on that last bit because their schedules /were/ insanely different despite being labelmates. presented with the dilemma of not disappointing her junior but also really wanting to go home, she whines and limply shakes the arms that's held captive while trying to jog up a good excuse. ultimately falling short, she sighs and resigns herself to her fate*
Fiiine. Just a couple songs though-
@❄ kim miso *as lost in the song as she was, it took Somi a second to catch up on what was happening behind her*
*she cuts her performance short, turning around to judge the situation through the hazy, neon lights, gasping and whining in turn*
Noooo! You have to stay!
*she pleads along with the others. She'd arrived late, having missed the majority of Miso's presence, and while she didn't like to over indulge in drinks, she was drunk off the atmosphere, and it would be a hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeee major bummer if Miso left*
*she nudges through the thin crowd, grabbing onto Miso's hand* Pleaseeee stay - we haven't even sung a song together
Who knows when we'll have time to be together again!
@♡ jeon somi *on a rare extra day off, she usually prefers to have at least half of it to herself—no friends, no A&M visits, no anything—just ample time to decompress and veg out on her plushie-covered sofa.
today, however, she'd spent virtually all of it with her old studio peers and Somi, putting the final touches on a project she was genuinely excited about. but now, dragged along to a little celebratory karaoke despite having a particularly long and strenuous week, she just wants to go home...and she sees the arrival of food as the perfect segue, popping up a little too quickly from where she'd sat playing tambourine*
Guys, I think I might head out soon..
*a varied chorus of "aw, so soon?" "c'mon, it's still early!" and the like followed immediately after and she meets them with a sheepish chuckle,*
Yeah, I know but it's been a full day. I'm kinda tired..
*she reasons, totally unconvincing despite a recent effort to /not/ be a total people pleaser*
@❄ kim miso *What were Friday nights good for other than bumming off from practice early and heading over to the noraebang with friends?*
*That's how Somi ended up here, quarter to ten pm, and a half a soju bottle in, with a mic in her hand*
nae geokjeong malgo Go away
jipchak eopshi sarajeo julkke
*she sings into the mix, bopping up and down with the other girls to the classic song*
*just as they really started swinging into it, they were interrupted, first by the employee, coming to bring them the array of fried finger foods and other side dishes they'd ordered, and the next time...*
@◈ han seungwoo⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ *knowing the ITNW choreography is like a gateway into being physically incapable of not moving when the song is on, so Heeyeon easily abandons the tambourine playing by the pre-chorus, ready to jump the chorus hit*
saranghae neol i neukkim idaero~
*she hops up to join in dancing, snickering at her childhood friend's "old man" iteration, as she decided to dub it while doing her own space-saving version at a considerably more accurate tempo. she's in the middle of an adlib when a knock on the door calls her attention*
keep going, keep going. i got it!
*calls over the jovial music while going to answer. after returning with their food, she nudges somethings around to make space on the table and plucks a vegetable fry from the tray to much on while catching up in the choreo*
@◈ ahn heeyeon⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ /the challenge with the pending reward seemed to have fueled the girl's enthusiasm even more and the two continued to feed off of each other's energy. the fanchant, although now his own name, set off a bunch of memories from the concerts he'd been too and the ridiculous number of times he'd heard and sang that same fanchant/
meomchweojeo beorin i shigan~
/as the chorus hit, Seungwoo's high pitch which had worked all the way until then, finally dropped so he wouldn't be full out screaming and blowing his throat so early into their session and yet, once they got to the second chorus that detail had been forgotten and his voice was loud and reaching as high as he could make it/
Heeyeoni, lesgo~
/the male screamed out mid verse, the bright chorus being easily accompanied by a tamed out version of the choreo due to both lack of memory and space and only giving it a rest once the bridge came around requesting a little more of his breathing focus and having the male spin around to give the other manager a look for adlibs/
@◈ han seungwoo⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ Famous last words~
*she chimes, stepping aside to assume her role as audience and chorus member. she actually ends up rummaging through the tiny array of costumes hanging from a hook, which were really just a handful of sparkly sequined jackets, and donned a loud red one just in time for the iconic instrumental to blare through the room's speakers*
Oooh! No take backs~
*she agrees, shrugging on the blazer and claiming the discarded tambourine to slap to the beat and shout out a hearty HAN SEUNGWOO wherever the fanchant ingrained in her mind dictated*
@◈ ahn heeyeon⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ /there is a loud laugh at the girl's energy and naturally entertaining personality and Seungwoo can already predict how much more hyper the two of them will be as soon as they get a few drinks in/
Gotta say... 85? I'm confident
/he teased lightly as he reached for the remote, taking a few seconds to come up with a song before a small light bulb at the back of his mind lit up/
I got it, I got it
/the male's lips turn into a thin grin as he goes for a song that he'd listened to way too many times due to his closest friend being a fan of the group. the song was also a reference to their new bosses, the debut song of their old girl group/
Give me the adlibs and I'll pay for the food
/he challenged playfully as the light piano melody of Into the New World started playing loudly through the columns, offering him the starting notes. thankfully, his voice was naturally high so for now, although a little quiet, he could still sing through the first verse/
@◈ han seungwoo⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ *landing the final jump, she's all smiles and chest-heaving from the energy exerted*
Thank you, thank you~ I'm here all night~
*dropping into a showy bow in response to the praise while the onscreen scoreboard tolls along before landing on a solid 85*
Oh come oooon
*she hisses in complaint before clicking her tongue offering up the stage to her companion with a sweeping gesture*
Beat that~
@◈ ahn heeyeon⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ /all he offers her in response is a quick thumbs up and hard hit of the tambourine which is continiously used to the rhythm of the song, mouthing out loud 'woo's at the full performance as he tries to accompany her, eventually taking the invitation to join his friend. Following her movementes he is singing and dancing along to the second chorus, and once the dance break hits, the tambourine is shaken wildly to the faster melody as he continues to mimic the girl all the way to the end/
Wahh~ A real entertainer~
/he lets out over the last few notes of the song, giving out a few claps with the small instrument just as their first pick comes to an end/
@◈ han seungwoo⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ I'm holding you to that, Han!
*all smiles, Heeyeon dances around with the song's intro, hands waving above her head and throwing in a cheesy hip for each woo ah*
geudaereul cheoeum bon sungan...
*she starts singing in time, doing her best to work the very tiny stage before ultimately settling for working the room from her one spot, jamming to the funky music accompanying her soulful voice*
hey geogi geurae jagi
wenmanamyeon naege oji~
*by the second chorus, she's directing the choreographed come hither gestures your way to coax you out to the center of the room to actually dance with her*
@◈ ahn heeyeon⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ /he laughs along nodding along/
Alrighttt, let's go!
/he takes the moment his friend uses to play a song to slip out of his jacket, turning right back to face her as he hears the first couple of words. he mimics a kissing face as the girl reproduces the introduction and ends up letting out a loud laugh by the end/
I'm the best hype man you could ever get, trust!
/he responds over the song with the same enthusiasm, reaching over for the tambourine to hit it along with the rhythm singing the 'woo ah' along with the girl and body swaying a little, picking up at the small bits of choreography he could remember/
@◈ han seungwoo⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ *building in anticipation as you speak, the responding 'woo!' is a lot louder than even she intended and she dissolves into a shower of giggles while hopping down to grab another mic*
Leeet's improvise
*she responds while already making quick work of the catalog to pre-select a song*
AFTER I christen the place with an obligatory "Oh, Honeyy"
*squeals out the intro to the JY.Park classic with all the cloying cheesiness of the original and barely making it through the air smooch without cackling*
I'm counting on you to be the most amazing tambourine backup ever, Han Seungwoo
@◈ ahn heeyeon⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ /my response consists of a laugh head leaning back the slightest before I turn to face you again/
Honestly? Chicken, drinks and some karaoke is definitely enough to fix me up for a while, and then we rinse and repeat
/i acknowledged only half joking, leaving you to press through the buttons, distracting myself with the list of available songs. Your hyped tone is enough to get my attention back and I follow you up, quickly reaching for the mic you pass me, voice echoing a little as I speak onto it/
Was born readyy!
Have any songs planned for the night or should we improvise it?
@◈ han seungwoo⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ Holed up at work all the time AND no chicken?? How are you living like this??
*interrupts before you can even think of answering, a shushing hand waved about*
Don't answer that, you're /not/ living. And we're gonna fix that!
*she grins, taking some time to place the order through the automated system, soju included, before grabbing a microphone and standing up on her seat to complete the lofty announcer bit*
Ha Seungwoo! Arrree you readyy?
*grins, holding to mic out expectantly*
@◈ ahn heeyeon⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ /earning a small grin from his friend, he allows himself to relax further into the chair, stretching his arms back a little before leaning forward to peek at the menu with Heeyeon/
Still worth the shot~
/he teased half heartedly knowing the girl would know he didn't really care for the free stuff as much as he did for the company/
Blame the award plans and all the PR the company's been dealing with... I think I've been spending more time at the meeting room than my own appartment
/he commented with an unpleased twist of his lips before his tone is replaced with joy in response to the girl's words/
I haven't had chicken in way too long, all of them sounds like the perfect plan!
/he immediately agrees, head nodding instinctively even if both their eyes are down on the menu/
@◈ han seungwoo⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ *originally, she only dignifies the joke with a scoff and the pleased grin threatening on her lips before she caves*
I don't /always/ get free stuff, you got lucky today!
*she hums, expression turning weary at the mere mention of the girls whom she loves dearly but definitely needs this break from before snickering at the maracas and scooting closer so you both can read*
Ehh, so you skipped lunch? Tsk, then we should order a lot! Especially if we're drinking too. How about....this combo set?
*taps the menu entry a couple of times before reading off the included items*
Spicy and sweet chicken, kimbap, tteokbokki, and mixed twigim. All winners in my book~
@◈ ahn heeyeon⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ /though my eyes widen the slightest at the offer, I only exagerate the impressed expression once the employee is out of sight/
If I had known you were getting free stuff all this time I would've reached out sooner!
/I joked lightly, my lips spread into a playful grin as I follow you into the dimly but colorfully lit room, letting myself fall into the only other spot next to you, grin quickly turning gentle at your next words/
Of course, I know the girls are making sure to keep you busy, so I gotta make sure you are catching a break and having fun every now and then too
/I emphatisize the words with a small shake of the prop maraccas that previously laid over the wooden table/
Definitely /immediately pipes in, pointing a maracca at you before setting it back down/ Was on a meeting the whole afternoon so I've been living off of coffee since lunch break
@◈ han seungwoo⁻ᵐᵃⁿᵃᵍᵉʳ Aw, thank you!
*Thanking the attendant that lead them to their booth and promised an extra hour on the house because he's a big fan, I bow gratefully as the man leaves*
Perks of being a minor celebrity~
*quips with a snicker before making my way into the private room. It's a smallish space with just a two-person booth and table on one side, facing the karaoke set up on the other side with just enough room in between for a little dancing around. With the lights low, its only illumination is the waiting big screen and the projected lights scattered across everything. With us both fresh from work, I'm quick to sink onto the chair with a relieved groan - the true work week now officially behind us...if you ignore how we're literally always on call*
Uuugh I needed this - thanks for coming with, Woo ya~
*grins, sitting up and making space for you while reaching for the menu tucked in a holder off to the side*
Shall we order food first?
If you think you can do better, come join me
*she shoots daggers over Jooyeon's head to Lisa, the rivalry clearly not fading even in light of the festivities*
Unless you're too chicken?
