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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Aug 21, 2016 14:54:25 GMT
Kim Gi (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
"Ahh.. Perhaps," he had spoken to Lusi and shrugged, smirking half as he gathered the papers and on the panel and checked them, making a few quick adjustments as he handed them out to every member. Snow took the sheets she got and looked at Jayu when he spoke again, smiling and nodding at him. "Ahh.. That's not nice as well, though you do sound intelligent just from this little conversation already. I mean, a wise man would say exactly that about grades. My parents weren't happy with me going to Korea for this either.. They wanted me to finish school first but staff members convinced them to let me go to here, saying I'd finish school here. So I'm working really hard to get my grades as close to perfect as I can and then working really hard with the group too. I wanna make them proud, we haven't spoken much since I've been here so," she shrugged slightly and smiled, looking up to him again. "I'm sure you'll do great too, Jayu fighting~" she chuckled and looked at the papers she got given, nodding slightly to the parts she had gotten. Her parts hadn't really changed so it was easy for her to remember. "We're gonna start with the ballad first, knowing most of us we'll be too hyper to sing or rap seriously otherwise. Jayu, I'd like for you to watch first, so you can get the hang of how the song goes and after that we'll practice something together, good?" He spoke, sending the first member into the booth meanwhile.
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Post by Sara Gather on Aug 21, 2016 15:20:44 GMT
Jayu Guwon (Jay) ~ Lusi Saeloon (Lucy)
Lucy shook her head slightly and calmly accepted the papers that were given to her, reading it through, and some minor things have changed from her parts, but she didn't mind that really. It wasn't that bad for her to have less singing to do. Jayu took the sheets of paper he got from G and listened to Snow meanwhile, nodding slightly to her words. He chuckled softly when she called him wise and intelligent, he didn't see himself like that really, but as many people had told him that already he should begin to believe he was. "Some parents... but it's good they let you go anyway then, you sure have the talent for it," he said calmly. "And if you need help with assingments or something you can ask me if you want to. I'd be glad to be of any help," he continued with a sly smile and nodded when she said he'd do great too. He'd see about that, atleast he wouldn't be the worst that ever excited, or so he hoped. He looked at the sheets of paper in his hands and read it through slightly before looking up to G when he said to begin. Jay nodded to what G said and made sure to pay attention so he had an idea how the song went. This was going to be a long day for him to try out so many things today. He wasn't used to any of this, so it was all new and it made him more nervous then before, but he regained his calmth quickly after a few breaths, making sure not to miss anything of what was happening around him in this moment.
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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Aug 21, 2016 15:33:57 GMT
Kim Gi (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
She looked at him and smiled politely, nodding a bit when he offered her help with her homework. Perhaps that was an idea.. Though she already went far enough by talking so much with him in English, her shy nature wouldn't really let her ask her for help. Most of the time her elder members helped her when they noticed she was struggling, not when she asked, she wasn't someone to ask for help often after all. She looked up to Park who was the first to go into the booth and made herself more comfortable on the couch by pulling her legs up. She listened a bit to her elder members talking to each other through the booth and G through out the studio but after that she averted her gaze to the papers and got a pen out from her bag, making the parts she had to sing a bit more obvious with little symbols. That didn't take too long, but it'd take a while before she'd be in the booth since it took a few takes to get everything perfect. G let Park begin and focused completely on his hyung and how it sounded, nodding along slightly to the music that softly played. This was perhaps a moment where he looked a bit scary, when he was serious. His face was concentrated and he seemed either blank or even a little bit angry. He was passionate about this, he wanted them to succeed and as their leader he needed to carry the group on his shoulders, which was heavy. Snow looked up to their leader for a moment, wondering how it must be for him. They all felt pressure, they wanted to succeed and become successful, wanted to please their management and grow a fanbase. She sighed out softly and went on her phone, waiting for her turn and listening with half an ear to the other members. It took a few hours, but then it was her turn. She stood up and fixed her clothes, looking at G who gave a few more points to focus on as he pointed at the parts she needed to sing. "That last note needs to get higher, get me?" He spoke, making her nod. "Good, let's go," he mentioned her to get into the booth and she entered, doing her thing immediately. It took a few turns to get it right, but it didn't sound awful. She had her sheets in front of her and read along whilst rapping her part, her face more serious. She was living the music, getting into the mood that she needed to be for to bring over the song. It was a ballad with a strong meaning and her rap was quite sad, so she did her best to get that emotion over with much strength. She was young, but very much talented. After that she started singing and it went well, it took a few more takes to get it perfect but it worked out nicely. Then were the back up vocals she had to record individually and after that she was done, feeling relieved. She smiled and raised her hands for a moment. G praised their maknae well as she moved out of the booth, causing her to blush and bow. "Lusi, you ready? We'll finish with you and go for dinner after."
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Post by Sara Gather on Aug 21, 2016 15:57:53 GMT
Jayu Guwon (Jay) ~ Lusi Saeloon (Lucy)
Jayu paid attention to everyone getting in the booth and listening to the music, looking at his sheets from time to time so he could imagine how everything needed to sound and could follow it up nicely. Lusi also focussed on the sound of the music and how it all sounded, needing to make a few retakes to get everything perfect. This was maybe the most annoying part of having a new member when there already had been songs recorded. Having to record the same songs again and continuesly retaking it to get the perfect sound out of it. She looked at G from time to time to see his expression and she didn't really clled the face he made scary, just passionate and wanting to get things right, and that was normal for the leader of a new group that had to debut. She didn't think she'd be able to pull it off, she wasn't much of a leader. She could handle pressure, she didn't really ad stress or felt nervous about most things, making her laid back, but she was a terrible leader as nothing would go following the schedule. She sat down next to Snow after a while and also got her phone out to check it from time to time or just play some games while waiting. Jayu was struggling to pay attention since it took so long and after a while he just had to stop it for a moment since his concentration wanted a break too before he couldn't pay any attention anymore. When the other members were he payed attention again up until Lusi was the last one before dinner and she looked at G, nodding calmly and getting up from the couch and taking her sheets of paper with her, reading it through again for a second, but she had remembered it all from the last time they had recorded it. She got into the booth as she began doing her lines, having to retake it quite a few times as she wasn't happy how it worked out and how her voice seemed to refuse working in it, but after a few tries she found the right notes again and could comfortably do her parts, not able to stand still in the booth as she had to move atleast her body a bit to the music, making sure it wouldn't disturb the recording of her voice. When she had done her things she looked towards G for approval and asked if she had took the high notes right or if she had to retake it again for it since she wasn't that great in high notes, she could get more of the low notes, but since they were with 4 guys now, there were enough of low notes. Sulli could reach quite high, so it didn't matter much if she couldn't reach it since it would be thrown in the background after Sulli's voice anyway, but she still wanted to do it right.
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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Aug 21, 2016 16:11:02 GMT
Kim Gi (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
He had his thumb to his lip, listening carefully to what Lusi sung, mostly listening to how she sang it. He wanted her pronunciation right, along with the notes she hit. Luckily she was quick to notice it herself, so every time she started over, he didn't need to speak much. He nodded along a bit again, the last take was really working well and he was proud of her, though his face was blank as he put a thumb up towards her before pressing on the button to let her hear him speak through the speaker. "That was perfect, you should work on using that note more often. I think you'll get short of breath if you use it too long, but perhaps we can work on that. Along with how you make it. For now, really just perfect. You made a great ending to our recording session for now," he spoke, breaking a smirk through as he gestured for her to come out. He stretched out after standing up, groaning for a moment. Then he fixed his shirt and looked around. His members seemed hungry and somewhat tired from the work they had just done, their new member seemed out of it as well for a moment. "Alright, leader hyung will be taking y'all out for dinner now!" He spoke a bit less serious than before, rather more excited since he was hungry as well and he wanted some nice food in his stomach. They didn't have that much money yet, but he had some savings from before he got signed. Besides that, for the first year he had been working at a nightshop so he could save up his savings from there too. But after a year that became too much to handle. Training at day and working at night just didn't go along anymore and he was getting physically sick and mentally broken from it. But it did give him some nice savings to treat his members with for example. He grabbed his coat from his chair and put it on, even though it wasn't that cold today, he rather had it with him, especially since his wallet was in his pocket. The lad had some wide knee length shorts on, along with a black matching shirt and some sneakers to finish it off. So his black bomber jacket fit right with it. He got his wallet out and counted his money quickly, nodding slightly. "Don't go too expensive though, y'all are always trying to get such expensive things but this hyung isn't a well of money," he spoke with a sigh. "Alright, let's go!"
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Post by Sara Gather on Aug 21, 2016 16:43:02 GMT
Jayu Guwon (Jay) ~ Lusi Saeloon (Lucy)
Lucy looked at G and was happy with his approval. It was hard enough the first time they had recorded this so doing this again was a pain, but it was to get the sound right as Jayu's part had to be set into it now and it would be no use cutting the song up and to let him just sing. She listened to the advice from G and nodded to it, knowing she had to work on that note as she noticed it too that it would get her out of breath. He bowed slightly and smiled herself before coming out of the booth and stretched to get her muscles loosened from the standing up straight. She raised her hands when he said he'd take them out for dinner now as she also was pretty hungry from singing and waiting for it to be her turn earlier. Jayu was glad the recording session was over for now as he didn't know how much he could've handled more of trying to pay attention. He now knew how the song went so he had a good idea on ho he had to sing and how it had to sound, but that didn't take away that he was nervous on how it really would sound. He doubted it would be done by today if G also wanted to practice with him. He sighed softly due his own thoughts and stood up, looking at the other members that were enthousiast on going out for dinner, and he just followed them when they got out of the room. Lusi stayed behind a bit to walk with Jay and laid a hand on his shoulder for a moment to encourage him. "I know it's hard to stay focussed when it takes so long to record everything. But I guess you know now how the song goes, atleast it seemed like that since I caught you lipsyncing in your own a bit." She said calmly as she followed the rest of the group members. Jayu nodded slightly to her words and cracked a small smile. "You'll do just fine," she said with a smile to him and he thanked her for her acts to reassure him that it would go fine. He certainly did hope so. But now he just wanted food, yet he felt bad about their leader paying all of it. He had some money of his own so he could easily pay his food himself, but that'd seem rude if he said that so he just kept quiet and went on with it. He had been impressed by everyone's vocals. They sure had practiced hard, all of them and then he came with some basic experience, but he was motivated to work hard and prove he would do good, or at least try to do good for the group.
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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Aug 21, 2016 17:08:05 GMT
Kim Gi (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
He walked up front, knowing which restaurant they'd go to. Snow had taken her skateboard with her, so once they stepped outside, she jumped on and road ahead, causing G to yell at her. "Yahh! Slow down!" However he did laugh with it, running after her whilst she waved towards G, yet he easily caught up and jumped on, causing Snow to scream in fear of falling, yet their leader held on to her and moved around, making her stand still whilst he sped up and circled around the members, causing Snow to cling onto him, yet eventually she could laugh about it. "It's around the corner, y'all know it!" He spoke loudly enough for the members whilst skating around them with Snow on board as well. He named the restaurant and smirked. "Last one there has to do laundry for the whole group, Lusi, counts for you too!" Their leader called the penalty, causing Park to complain. "Snow has her skateboard and I'm old!" To which Snow laughed and jumped off her board, G doing the same as she picked her board up quickly. "Your old legs better carry you! She's running too!" G yelled whilst he started running, causing other members to follow and Snow to keep her board under her arm and run along. They had worked hard, so now it was time to relax. And G wanted to do that by getting everyone excited for food and scared for the penalty. He wasn't exactly serious about it, but it sounded serious enough to be taken for real.
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Post by Sara Gather on Aug 21, 2016 18:54:18 GMT
Jayu Guwon (Jay) ~ Lusi Saeloon (Lucy)
Lusi looked at Snow who had grabbed her skateboard and hopped on it once outside, laughing softly at G's reaction to it and shaking her head. "Make sure you don't hurt our maknae, chingu. We need her you know. So if you fall, make sure you fall first so she falls onto you," she said with a smirk on her face and innocent look afterwards. She walked further calmly and listened to what G said then and looked shocked at him when he called out a penalty for the one to be there last. She would have to do everyone's laundry? She laughed and began running after all the others in the group, Jay following with a small smile on his lips too as he found himself quickly somwhere in the front. sporting had caused him to have speed enough, so he didn't have trouble staying in front. Lucy also sped up and began running in the middle. Even if he wasn't serious, she didn't want it to happen if it would be real, so she rather just ran with the group. When she got there she looked out for who came in last and saw Sulli arriving lastly, smiling slightly. "Awww, poor Sulli," she pouted and Jay caught his breath quickly being in form. What people wouldn't do for not doing the laundry and food, they really were a rare kind to excist on this planet, but it made it fun to have such people around her too. She liked everyone in the group, including Jay eventhough he was new and they hadn't een how he could be when he was loosened around them, but she already knew they'd be having fun too with him, and he also seemed to be someone who could act seriously, so it would all work out good eventually.
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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Aug 21, 2016 19:10:00 GMT
Kim Gi (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
She arrived third, but she had to run hard for it. Mostly because she was the shortest in the group and her legs couldn't take her as far as the others, she panted slightly but was quick to catch her breath, fixing her hoodie and smiling as she ran to Sulli and hugged her. "I'll help you wash those dirty men undies, unnie!" She chirped, making herself and Sulli laugh. "I think we can get some pink hairdye from stylist unnie!" She then spoke with a gasp and a mischievous smirk. G arrived somewhere with the middle group, looking shocked at their youngest. "Yah! Never mind the penalty!" He spoke shocked and made an x with his arms. "And I would neeeever hurt our dear maknae! Only if she'd dye our underwear pink.." He slowly looked at Snow, who smiled innocently and skipped towards Lusi, hiding behind her. G sighed and shook his head, entering the restaurant as he bowed towards the waiter and moved along to sit at a table. He sat down and let the other members sit down as well before grabbing a card. "Ahh, leader! This is 85000 won!" Snow chirped up once she had sat down as well, smiling innocently. "Yah! It better be enough for all of us!" Their leader spoke, causing Snow to hide behind her card. "It was only a lunch package.." The youngster spoke whilst her stomach rumbled, causing her to grab her stomach and hide her face more with the card since she started blushing.
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Post by Sara Gather on Aug 21, 2016 19:32:43 GMT
Jayu Guwon (Jay) ~ Lusi Saeloon (Lucy)
Jay chuckled softly at how the talk escalated, the penalty being dropped due to pink dye. Lusi laughed at G' words about the pink underwear. "Pink would suit you well though, chingu. it would really look good on you," she joked and looked at Snow who id behind her and laughed softly. Jayu couldn't believe that the serious leader could also be like this, it was a really great experience to see the group in it's whole just having fun. He followed the group inside as last and sat down calmly next to Jr. Lusi had sat herself next to G and calmly looked at the card, looking up slightly when Snow spoke up and chuckled softly when she heard her stomach rumble. Jay also looked at the card and chose automatically the cheapest dish that there was, as he almost always did that to begin with. He wasn't that rich himself and when he went out for dinner alone he did the same. He had chosen something from 8000 won as that seemed to be the cheapest on the card, and it still sounded tasty so he kept it on that. Lusi also looked around for something cheap that could fill her stomach. Once she decided she put her card down like Jay also had done already and waited for the rest of the group to finis choosing something and looked around a bit, seeing if she saw someone she recognised and cheking her phone to see if she had a message from one of her little sisters or from her friend that was taking care of them, but she didn't see anything, so that was good. That ment that nothing bad had happened.
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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Aug 21, 2016 19:46:48 GMT
Kim Gi (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
"I'm not wearing pink," he warned Lusi, though he didn't look serious with it. He didn't have trouble with the colour, yet he didn't like wearing it on himself. He rather wore black, which was obvious since his outfit was once again all black. It was just a simple colour and everything went together nicely. Though stylist noona probably had other ideas, she already tried getting him into some bright colours once. Luckily enough due their concept she didn't succeed. The lads were in black and the women in white for their last photoshoot, so he had been lucky. Perhaps it'd be switched around tomorrow, he didn't quite know what the photo shoot would be like. However he put that aside now and started looking at the menu himself, letting his members choose first. Snow had chosen something cheap as well, the dishes probably were enough to share anyway, but she had taken the simplest ramen soup. It went along her diet and it made sure their leader wouldn't have to pay much. She followed a strict diet, since she had to stay in shape, especially with their debut coming up. Once she had chosen she had sat back and played around on her phone, making a picture of the group and posting it on their blog on the site of their management. It kept fans up to date and she liked taking pictures of her elders and what they did. That's why she ended up taking a selfie with Park, who sat next to her and with Sulli who sat on her other side. Once G also had chosen, the waiter came by and he ordered what everyone wanted. "Ahh.. I'm starving! And we still got so much to do.." Their leader complained softly. He had ordered something more expensive since it was a dish that he could share with the others. He didn't want the other members to walk out still hungry because they wanted to help his wallet. He wanted his members well fed and healthy, hence why he paid. Once the food arrived and it all got to the right member, G spoke up again: "Ahh, it looks lovely. Please eat well, eat plenty and enjoy~"
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Post by Sara Gather on Aug 21, 2016 20:36:23 GMT
Jayu Guwon (Jay) ~ Lusi Saeloon (Lucy)
"Oh please nobody sees you in your undies, except for the other lads and when you get filmed, your ego is already hurt so it can't get much worse right?" She said with a small smile and stretched her arms slightly before sitting comfortably again and look on her phone again. She looked at Snow that took a picture of the whole group and took a selfie with Sulli and Park, making her chuckle softly. It was good of her to keep fans up to date, she was curious on what they'd say about Jayu in the pic hence there had been no update from a new member in the group from what she had seen on the site. She looked back at G when he complained about being hungry and having so much to do today. "You're complaining too much, that's what makes you look old," she said to him and smiled slightly giving him a small push. "It'll all be fine, we're done before you know it, and then we can go home and sleep and wake up again and go for the photoshoot. You should think of the fun things after the hard and annoying things," she said calmly and looked up when the food was brought, sitting better again and putting her phone away. "Thanks for the food," Lusi said before starting her dish. Jayu saying the same and also started eating calmly, his stomach being pleased almost instantly. He hadn't eaten much throughout the day. A bowl of cereal and that had practicaly been it, he wasn't really on a diet, he could eat whatever he wanted he wouldn't get fat anyway due to his work outs, but he didn't have the habit to eat much before work, and that wasn't all too healty since he had to work hard now to prove himself in the group. He would do that, he was motivated to do that atleast.
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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Aug 21, 2016 21:11:06 GMT
Kim Gi (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
"You're saying I got myself filmed in my boxers? When?" He looked at her and laughed softly, shaking his head and looking back at his own phone as well. Whilst Snow was on their blog, he was on their twitter and instagram, checking out their follower count and what not. "We're gaining momentum," he spoke proudly, making members cheer before returning to their food. Snow was busy with her ramen too, slurping slightly since the noodles were long, causing Sulli to help her out with her own chopsticks. She blushed slightly and thanked her older member before looking at G who pouted. "I complain when I'm hungry, I can't help it!" He spoke in defense, making Jr. speak without looking up from his food. "Hyung must always be hungry then," which was a short comment, causing Snow to choke on her noodles and laugh since G's reaction was priceless. He held chicken between his chopsticks and a blank, wide-eyed expression on his face. "Ahh.. This kid," he sighed and returned to his food. "Yah, that photoshoot is gonna be a pain, stylist noona is gonna throw me in some weird colours again and if I have to wear contacts one more time I'll scratch my eyeballs out because I can't take them," he spoke with a sigh and shook his head. "Though the photoshoots itself are fun, especially when we can move freely," he confessed, causing Snow to smile. "I knew oppa liked it!" She chirped up, causing G to groan. "I rather have you call me hyung than oppa," he sighed and took a sip of his drink. "I can't help your culture," So argued with a sly smile, finishing her ramen. "That's why it's so odd, you're too American to be calling me oppa," he chuckled and looked up to Jayu. "What do you prefer with someone so American? I mean, I'm not the only one who thinks oppa sounds odd, right? Hyung sounds better."
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Post by Sara Gather on Aug 21, 2016 21:36:29 GMT
Jayu Guwon (Jay) ~ Lusi Saeloon (Lucy)
Lucy looked up to him when he asked her a question and turned away after. "Oooh never mind, never happened, right," she spoke in a small sarcastic voice and look at her food again, eating further. Lusi looked up to Snow slightly and Sulli helping her with her noodles and chuckled softly, shaking her head. She was such a kid, but it was cute to see. She would've probably helped her out too if she was sitting next to her, having the urge to protect 'family' and help where she could. Jay was just taking a bite of something on his plate when Jr. dropped that comment and also almost choked on it, laughing when he was able to swallow it. Lucy had chuckled too and shook her head again slightly, looking at G's reaction. These moments were the best. She loved to work with them, but having fun with tem was just as important for her. She looked back at Snow when she spoke out towards G when he talked about the photoshoot and smiled slightly as the discussion began again. Jayu finished his dish calmly and ooked up when G was talking to him, looking over at Snow for a moment. "Hyung does sound better, but it's still culture related, so it has to be oppa," he said calmly. He didn't have any trouble since he only had to say hyung to the guys and noona to the girls, except for their maknae. "Besides as she is in Korea now and is American I tink it's great ow she picked up our culture and uses it in the right way," he continued and shrugged slightly. He remembered how he had trouble getting into the lifestyle of the americans when he was there and kept caling people hyung and noona. Lucy also finished her plate now and sat back calmly, looking around the internet a bit while stealing from G's dish as he had taken it for more people to eat from it, so she did.
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Post by Mary-Anne Rogers on Aug 21, 2016 22:01:13 GMT
Kim Gi (G) ~ Song Haya (Snow)
"..I'm going to pray that it will be edited out due broadcast reasons," he spoke as he finished his food and picked some small things every now and then since it was so delicious. Snow had finished her food, yet Park started feeding her things every now and then since the eldest thought their youngest ate too little. She obeyed, but tried to disobey as well, mostly because the reaction of the other members to Jr. comment was far too hilarious to her. G pouted at their reaction, yet was able to laugh it off as well since he did see the humour in it. When Jayu gave Snow her right, G groaned and shook his head. "Ahh, this child! All because they can speak English, I swear!" He laughed, causing Snow to look up insulted to G. "HYUNG!" She emphasised, causing him to look up in shock. She smiled innocently and cracked up, looking at Jayu. "Thank you for the compliment, it means a lot and I'll continue to do as well as possible," she spoke and bowed slightly towards him. It had been difficult to go from such a free culture to one so stern and different. But she had been young, so she was able to adapt quickly and often got a pass when she made a mistake because she was seen as a foreigner. Yet even when she was so young, it still took quite a while to learn it all. Her beauty standards had changed a lot too, even at her young age she already had a strong liking for bold make up, for example, yet now she did her own make up, she kept it extremely light and youthful. Though her clothingstyle hadn't changed. Still slightly boyish because she prefered comfort over looks. G looked at Lusi when she took from his plate and pushed the plate a bit more towards her, so it'd be easier for her to pick whilst he took a sip from his drink and played with his phone. "Ohhh~" he spoke suddenly when he saw something on his phone. "People noticed Jayu already! 'Is that a new member? Ah, is that a friend of Jr.? They're messing with us!" He chuckled as he read the comments out loud and held his phone to Snow when something was in English. She read it out loud without looking at it first: "Ahh, a new oppa! He's so handsome, kyahh~" She spoke, cracking up and hiding her face with her hands. "Ahh, these international fans!" G laughed.
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