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twenty-five

"tilt your head a bit to your right side. yes, yes. that's right. you're doing great, seungyoun."

seungyoun silently sends a thank you to the photo director for the compliment as he focuses on his photoshoot, listening to the photo director's guidance in getting good poses and pictures for him.

"look at something in your left side's area. any object or corner." the photo director says, and seungyoun obeys and turns to his left view.

unintentionally, his eyes come across his fellow members, yohan and hangyul. from seungyoun's view, there is nothing unusual happening between them except they are talking with two girls, which he assumes to be the staff of the studio. he also notices that hangyul keeps looking at his direction, causing him to wonder if he is the center of the discussion going on between four of them.

the staff that wears a white cap has his attention hooked nonetheless. even though the girl has her back facing him, much to seungyoun's liking, she looks a little too mundane in his memory. but he tries to pay no mind about it and keeps focusing on his photoshoot, convincing himself that she is maybe just an acquaintance that he has ever worked with once or twice before.

subsequently, seungyoun's mind gets drawn over by his girlfriend all of sudden, as he begins to think about how yeoreum is currently doing. he recalls her telling him about her day today at her workplace being totally more occupied than usual due to welcoming a very important client. seungyoun just hopes that she is having a good time, and that she does not push herself too much while working. he starts to miss her, and he just cannot wait to spend his the rest of his birthday with yeoreum after they are off their respective schedule today.

astray from seungyoun's acknowledgement, haerin keeps an eye on yeoreum who is starting to make preparations at the makeup room while yohan watches out for hangyul's signal.

"um, miss im," haerin startles when yohan suddenly calls her using a honorific term, which makes her feel awfully awkward.

their position has switched. it is supposed to be haerin that uses honorifics to address yohan as he is an idol and a public figure, not her. to think about it, yohan and the rest of x1 members are literally haerin's clients, which is a very strong point that can conclude why is yohan addressing her using honorific terms, and somehow haerin must have forgotten about this.

like what yeoreum said, she is currently yohan's boss lady, and that is awfully awkward for her too.

"y..yes?" haerin turns to her, mentally slapping herself because of the stutter.

haerin puts the blame on yohan. if this boy does not put her so high on cloud nine, maybe she can decide her next move in getting closer to him without looking or sounding like a total idiot.

"i know this is out of topic, but i've been curious," yohan continues after clearing his throat as haerin anticipates his next words.

my goodness, being this close to the kim yohan is really dangerous for my mental well-being. haerin internally cries, very much contradicting to the exuberant smile plastered on her face. the fast beating of her heart powers up her nervousness even more.

yohan throws a question. "how old are you?"

"you and i are the same age." haerin answers, her lips pull back in a soft smile.

"really? you're born in 1999 too?" yohan gawks in disbelief as haerin moves her head up and down as a yes.

"wow..." yohan's mouth parts into a silent O, getting larger as he processes the new information. "how can you become a studio director at such a young age?"