◸ couple goals

CHRIS.

he gives a good argument, rapunzel’s hair is indeed cut short at the end of the film. and it ends up brown. “i don’t think i could pull off short hair. well, at least not that short.” rose adds, poking at the loose, blonde tendrils of her hair; pinning them back in behind her ear. she’s always been curious as to what she would look like with short hair but she’s not sure she could commit. doing so, cutting it all off would probably be a nightmare and a half for her, five minutes after doing so. “but thanks, i’m glad you like it as is. it’ll be brown again soon, i’m sure or black, even!” she adds with a smile. and rose thinks that chris looks rather dashing as her flynn rider.

it’s already quite busy. lots of people surround them, wearing costumes of all sorts. some people seemed to of really gone out of their way to dress themselves up. others however, didn’t really put in much effort. rose wonders if she went a little too overboard. oh well, halloween was the one night they could go out of their way and be something that wasn’t themselves. and if rose wanted to be a damn disney princess, then that’s what she was gonna be.

“i don’t know, i think it might be a little hard. the costumes and all, y’know?” she shrugs, looking around at all of the disguised faces. “what about you? you know if anyone was coming to this thing tonight?” rose knew that she was bound to know someone in amidst the hoard of colourful costumes, if she didn’t then ... that was something. she was wondering what her friends were getting up to tonight, or what they were dressed up as. the morning would tell.

* whip it ,

CHANYEOL.

maybe the long extensions rose had woven into her actual hair weren’t such a good idea after all. especially since she had spent a good portion of the evening running away from fake zombies. as pretty as they were, flowers entwined into the large braid, rose found herself weighed down by the large hank of blonde hair, doing her best to duck and weave around the fake undead. amidst her escape, rose had misplaced her boyfriend in the crowd. which was fine and all, but she was hopeful that they were going to be in it together. she does her best to try and pick him out of the crowd but it’s difficult, especially since there’s zombies loitering the area. and a lot of them.

she’s been targeted by an undead staff member, who’s clearly got their eyes on rose. she stands out in her flowy purple dress and glowy, blonde locks. she looks panicked, not because she’s scared, but because she’s got bands on her wrist that she’s darn well adamant about keeping. just when rose starts to think the end is near, out of nowhere comes someone in a dinosaur costume. a whole inflated suit. rose stands there awkwardly, somewhat dumbfounded by the dinosaur who attempts to swat the zombie away from rose with it’s inflated tail. and before she knows it, the dinosaur is ushering her away from the stunned creature, who looks on like a fool.

the two of them find themselves in a safe zone, or at least a safer area. rose brushes the ponytail back over her shoulder. she clutches her hands to her chest, her head racing beneath her palms. she looks at the dinosaur curiously. who was her knight in inflated armour? “yeah, he almost did. nice save there, thanks.” she chimes with a grin.

◸ couple goals

CHRIS.

rose really had gone the extra mile for halloween this year. she wanted to it to be believable; after all, she wasn’t about to parade around seoul as a brunette rapunzel, god no; as progressive as some may of seen it. no, she had no choice but to go back to blonde. she was in the process of getting her blonde hair back, though. it just so happened to coincide with rose’s halloween plans. she was grateful for the brief brunette stint after almost a year of being a blonde. but her brown hair reminded her of someone that she wasn’t, a past version of herself. someone else. slowly, dark brown-nearing-black locks fade back to a golden brown before being touched by bleach. a professional stylist removes the brassy tones and rose is left with soft, healthy hair that is colour matched to the long extensions she’s going to have to haul around on halloween night.

“well, i couldn’t be a brunette rapunzel now, could i?” she chimes to her boyfriend, chris. looking up at him with a gentle smile. he brushes a stray lock of blonde hair back from her face. tonight was going to be theirs. maybe it was a little cheesy, considering rose has convinced chris to be the flynn rider to her rapunzel. and maybe it was a little risky, considering they were actually an item. but halloween was supposed to be one night where they could be anything but themselves. well, that’s what the buffy episode in season two told her. “i’ll miss the brown too, honestly.” she says with a sigh, patting chris’ arm. “i’m excited i get to spend tonight with you.” she admits candidly. and she was excited that she got to spent tonight with chris. usually, their nights were short, their mornings too. a part of rose felt guilty, for not giving chris a genuine experience. but they were approaching their first anniversary. so what was stopping them from going all the way? wherever that took them. “what about you? tonight looks like it’s gonna be a lot of fun.”

last friday night.

SHIAH.

it’s a little disheartening that rose and shiah hadn’t really gotten close. despite their wishes to do so, things always got inbetween eachother. brief waves and glances at seocho, hanging out only a little on the company trip, but never alone. it seems as though they had both put in the effort to bond with everyone else in the company, just not eachother. and rose isn’t exactly sure how she should approach this. usually she’s got an idea of how to break the ice with each of the trainees but rose is at a loss with shiah. 

until now. rose and shiah find themselves face to face with one another and rose is lost for words. lips pursed, her brain scrambles for something to say. she panics. “h-h-hey there.” rose murmurs awkwardly, running a hand through her long, blonde hair. so, shiah was feeling just as awkward as she was? that was going to make her feel better for sure. shiah points out that it’s been a while, and she isn’t wrong. rose couldn’t even think back to when they actually properly spoke or even performed together. even on the filming for dream knight, they never really spoke to one another amidst breaks. 

“y-yeah, it’s been a while.” rose mumbles, glancing down at her feet. “s-shiah, h-how have you... uh, been?” she asks curiously, trying to divert the awkwardness.

SAYONARA.

KANGJOON.

rose’s appearance in the drama itself was cringe worthy enough, and she didn’t have a speaking role. still, an acting opportunity was still an acting opportunity, it was a chance to get ones name out there. rose was hopeful that kangjoon might be presented with more roles in the future. “well, even if this isn’t the most ideal debut scenario for your acting career,” she begins, pursing her lips. “it’s a debut, at least!” she chimes with a shrug. it was nice knowing that the boys had a thing for them to do. the girls of royal, or at least a good handful of them had gone on royal survival, the boys however, hadn’t had shit. it was nice knowing they had something pre-debut, even if it was the in the form of an awkward, second hand embarassment giving web drama.

she glances down at kangjoon’s phone, with the faint sound of a japanese song escaping from the device. she nods her head slowly. “i think you would of been able to,” she says with a curt smile. “you’ll probably get an opportunity to perform it for another evaluation sometime soon, maybe?” rose adds with a quick shrug. rose had a bunch of songs on the back burner that she was hopeful she would be able to perform at some point. as to whether she was going to be able to actually go ahead and perform them was another thing in itself.

rose chuckles. “ah, no promises there. but i myself will do my best to not laugh too much.” she quickly crosses her index and middle finger, as though she’s making a promise. “after all, i’m in this drama too, so people are probably going to laugh at me. i’ll laugh at me, heck.” it would be pretty darn hard to not laugh at the fiasco that was dream knight, it was practically begging to be laughed at. although admittedly, it did have a handful of sweet moments that weren’t that bad.

David Foster Wallace (via quotemadness)

say yes

LISA.

rose looks across to lisa, a thin-lipped smile on her face. lisa wasn’t the greatest vocalist at royal, but she certainly wasn’t the worst. rose always thought the younger female was sort of sponge like, that, and she always looked good no matter what she did. lisa had the potential to actually get good, but rose understood why she wasn’t game. at least she was a competent dancer and rapper. “well, you’re not that bad.” rose says, correcting herself. “you’ve got dancing and rapping on your side at least, that’s something. i don’t even have that.”

it feels strange to rose, knowing she has to sit for an evaluation and just sing. it feels too stripped down, not theatrical or bold enough. she figures it’s just because that’s what she’s become used to, what she’s had to step away from. but, of course though, the companies want their trainees to be dynamic, to be able to make people feel different things. being enthusiastic and energetic on stage will only ever get you so far. rose wishes she could be accompanied by her guitar for once.

she chuckles awkwardly, brushing her light brown locks back out of her face. there was pressure on her. it was easier when it was just rose alone, singing but there was someone else now, and she couldn’t afford to let lisa down since they were in on this together. “i’ll do my best to not ruin the performance for us.” she glances back down at the lyric sheet in her hand and sighs, pursing her lips together. “these lyrics are so cheesy.” she mutters.

ethereal

OH MY SUMMER.

YOOJUNG.

the corners of her mouth turn upwards into a smile. what was the harm in trying out a face mask with everyone? sure, they looked a bit silly but they did wonders for the skin. besides, yoojung had a point, they were super good for your skin. rose was excited to try out all the different sorts of face masks they had to offer. her schedule was so jam packed that face masks weren’t really a thing in her nightly routine. “you’re doing them a favour indeed. i’ll back you up, okay?” she says looking at the younger female, a twinkle in her eye. she throws her a thumbs up.

rose nods firmly. sunscreen. they need sunscreen for sure, and someone is going to forget, it’s going to happen. “we’ll buy extra. if we don’t you can bet someone is gonna forget.” she mutters. lobster red wasn’t yoojung’s colour, nor rose’s. at least the both of them were big on keeping their skin looking clear and healthy, not tanned. rose’s relationship with the sun really had changed. she presses the palm of her hands to her cheeks, pursing her lips. “aw, yoojungie.” she says. “let’s keep our skin looking bright and youthful for a long, long time.”

“...really?” rose asks, pausing, looking at the younger female inquisitively. well, fair enough. she probably didn’t get the time to go swimming, and the fact she had never been on vacation before probably didn’t help. rose gently cracks her knuckles. “then it’s settled, we’re going to be finding you a cute swimsuit to wear for this get away, okay?”

say yes

LISA.

rose mirrors lisa, fiddling with her own lyric sheet. the corners of it are dog-eared, her lines have been clearly highlighted with a pink marker. another month, another evaluation. she was relieved that she got to do another evaluation with lisa. they went months without performing together, so it was nice to do an evaluation together one month, followed by another the following month. she looks at lisa, giving her a thin-lipped smile. “it’s not that bad.” rose says, pursing her lips. her eyes glaze over the lyric sheets. the song they had chosen to perform together was definitely not lisa’s style or genre. but that being said, it wasn’t entirely rose’s either.

she rests her head in the palm of her hand, looking across to lisa. so, this really was out of lisa’s comfort zone. rose feels bad. but it was difficult enough to try and find a song with a decent rap portion. most were heavy on the singing, most were heavy on the acoustics although some were more upbeat and rose could deal with the acoustics for sure, given her affinity for playing guitar. 

“you’re not even that bad of a singer, li.” rose confesses nonchalantly, the corners of her mouth turning upwards. she shrugs. rose guesses so, they balanced eachother out in a way. despite being polar opposites, the two fit together so well. “we’re a great team, i agree.”