If It Is You (Y.Jw) [Sequel]

Making Soap

March 2021

"I'm here, I'm here, I'm here," I assured as I rushed into the room where we were doing the vlive.

"Ah, you just missed it," Niki stated and my face fell as I looked at him in shock, "no, I'm just kidding, we started a minute ago."

"Yah, why do you keep doing that to me?" I complained at him as I grabbed a small stool before walking over, bending down to wave at the camera that was filming us.

"Right, we're gonna make soap," Jungwon stated as he and Niki moved apart for me.

"So we're sitting in age order?" I questioned and placed the small stool down, sitting on it as well. I didn't really get an answer except a shrug from Niki.

"Oh, noona, a lot of fans are commenting about your hair," Niki pointed out and I simply touched the top of my head. Ever since I dyed my hair blonde I had had trouble with hiding it all, so the staff had gotten me some coloring shampoo that would momentarily dye my hair back to dark brown, so I didn't have to try and hide it.

"Ah... right," I nodded, "uh, for our debut promotions I got these coloring shampoos with black color, so it's all washed out now that we don't have to promote," I mildly lied, "so yeah... I didn't see a reason to hide it... but we're making soup?"

"Yeah," Jungwon nodded before quickly explaining how to do it.

"What scents do we have?" I questioned and looked around.

"These," Sunoo cooed before handing me the small box.

"Oooh... I want to use this one," I cooed and pulled out a scent, "it's lavender."

"Ah... that's right. Sunny really likes lavender," Sunoo cooed to the camera as I just nodded in agreement, "you have this cleansing oil with lavender scent as well, right?"

"Right," I nodded before looknig up at the camera, "I use it to clean off the make up after an activity. It's really good. I wish I could recommend it, since it's... 89% organic or so, and it's apparently for all skin types."

"Her skin has gotten really soft," Sunoo commented in shock, "I'm thinking about buying it too."

"We can buy some together. I think I'll get the botanical oil as well," I hummed at him.

"Ah, we have to!" Sunoo exclaimed.

"We'll do it when we get home," I nodded in agreement.

"Noona, Engenes want to know why you came late," Niki spoke up and pointed to the monitor in front of him.

"Ah," I nodded, "I didn't do any recording if that's what you think. I'm sitting in online class, but I have a break on like... 25 minutes, and then I'll disappear for some time and return again. Because my next class is an essay class, so my teacher is just gonna introduce our next essay and we'll get time to write it. But I'd rather be here."

"You're always making your assignments last minute though," Jungwon pointed out and I just nodded.

"I work best under pressure," I shrugged and grabbed the hot cup from Niki, as he got it from the microwave.

"Ah! I saw a comment!" Jungwon pointed out and I snapped my head to him, "about my blazer. I got it a few days ago, since you guys recommended for me to get one," Jungwon gestured to the camera.

"Ah. I still think you should've gotten the blue one," I pointed out to him.

"I wanted to, but I think the black one suits me more," Jungwon excused.

"It probably does," I nodded and patted down the shoulder of his blazer.

We all slowly began sitting and making the soaps we wanted to. I had grabbed a soap form that would make my soaps small dinosaurs, which Niki had grabbed as well. I was too immersed in my soap making before I felt a poke on my right shoulder.

"Hm?" I questioned as I quickly looked up to Jungwon.

"What is soap in English?" he questioned, "isn't it soup?"

"Soup?" I questioned in amusement and he proudly nodded at me.

"Is it not?" he questioned in shock as I just let out a small giggle at him.

"Soap," I softly replied making him excitedly repeat it to the camera, making me let out a small snicker, "I think I finished mine now," I stated proudly, looking down at the light purple soaps that was resting and waiting to harden.

"Ah, already?" Jungwon gasped before looking down at his cup, where his soap had hardened before he could even pour it into the form in front of him.

"Mhm," I happily hummed before turning to the monitor, that stood in front of Niki, "this one," I spoke up and pointed to a comment, making Niki look up at it, "it says, when will you come to Japan? Right?"

"Mhm," Niki nodded before he gasped and pointed to the camera, "Engene, I think you should know. Noona recently went a class up in Japanese."

"Ah, it's really not fair," Sunoo sulked from his seat.

"She learns really fast, it's crazy," Niki said in shock as I just let out a small laugh, "you've been learning since... what?"

"Uh... October...? November...? I'm not sure... either October or November," I shrugged and he nodded.

"She learns really quick," Niki nodded at me, "which class did you move up to?"

"Uh... so I started in the beginners beginner class," I stated, "like beginner beginner. I was the only one in the class. Then I moved up from that one quite quickly and I was in the same class as most of the other boys. Then in January, I think, I moved up to join Jay in his classes. Since he was in a more advanced class than the rest of us. But now I've moved a class higher up than Jay."

"She's advanced from beginner beginner, to beginner, to learner, to advanced learner," Jungwon explained and I nodded.

"I honestly don't get how you do it," Sunoo commented in confusion.

"But it's because... I already know quite a lot of languages already, so I know what works best for me and maybe a bit better understanding of how languages work, compared to what you do," I shrugged, "I just... learn the vocabulary I will actually need. I speak Japanese with Riki whenever I can. When I don't know a word I need, I just say it in Korean because then he corrects me and I learn a new language that way."

"You began writing a diary as well," Niki pointed out.

"Right," I nodded in agreement, "when I learn a new languages I start a diary in that language. So maybe say one I will be able to write 'hello, my name is Jiyeon', the maybe the next I can write 'I'm 18 years old', and then I begin being able to tell what I ate that day and so on. Now that I'm learning Japanese I have Niki read my entries and help me correct my errors. So with time I can look back and see how much I've improved."

"I should start a diary in English then," Jungwon stated and Sunoo nodded in agreement.

"It would really help you a lot," I nodded in agreement, "not so much in pronounciation, but in your understanding of the language. You could begin speaking English with Jake to improve conversation skills... but that doesn't mean it necessarily works for you. It's what works for me, and everyone is different."

"This has been language learning with Ji," Jungwon proudly stated making me let out a small giggle before gasping.

"I should start a series like that, just like Sunoo's curiosity lab," I realized in shock, "so if I take Niki or Jake in we'll be speaking in Korean and helping each other improving. Jay would be Japanese, and the rest of you would be English."

"I think the fans would like that," Sunoo nodded in agreement, "I mean... you can teach me anything! Start from square one, assume I know nothing."

"But... you don't know anything," I commented making him let out a small gasp at me.

"Yah... I can speak some English," he defended as I let out a small laugh at him.

By the end of the live we had pretty much established my small learning series that would come up on Vlive at some point. When? I don't know. Who would be first? Absolutely no clue.