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@VNASTAGRAM just posted a photo!

[#JIHO] baby jiho was such a brat ... ㅋㅋㅋ is this what kids call rizz? ㅋㅋㅋ

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"i have a feeling that isn't going to work but hey, i mean you won't know until you try, right?" he replies in amusement, though he has a feeling he probably shouldn't be encouraging his partner to literally steal an otter while they're filming. he's sure that the viewers and the staff know he's joking though (hopefully) and he doesn't think the joke will land badly, anyhow.

glancing up and away from the otter in his hands, jiho watches as jino finally gets into the water and laughs a little to himself. "i was wondering if you were going to get in anytime soon," he teases, playful. he had gotten into the water as soon as he could, having always been a swimmer in any case, but the call of the otters was too hard to resist.

he turns his attention back onto the otter pup in his hands who's just ben lazily laying half in the water and half in his palm. "hey, you're gonna have to try to swim for me, okay?" he asks, soft but loud enough for the cameras to pick up.

it's a fun experience, he'll admit easily. hearing jino's voice pulls his attention away again though and he laughs, wading over in the water to see the other otter babies. "i don't think we're going to succeed at this rate. but, i'm not even mad because they're so cute?"

“i wonder if letting them live in my apartment’s pool would be enough — something about making them the mascot of the building should do the trick, right?” he laughs, eyes twinkling with mischief — as if already devising a plan to somehow get these little critters smuggled alongside his trek home after shooting. “they wouldn’t miss just one tiny baby ….”

at that second the otters in the raft begin chirping — their squeak-like tones are practically mozart to him. how adorable — how could jino resist not taking at least one home with him? 

“okay,” tapping his knees as he straightens himself up, he moves to the ladder attached to the side of the pool, finally dipping his toes into the water. had he known that his swim team training would get him this type of treatment he would have considered a job in marine biology — maybe it’s something he could ask kiyong about later. “let’s get a swimming or floating — i should say. we wouldn’t want these pups falling to the bottom of the ocean now.”

reaching for one of the pups on the raft, his fingers gently rub against it's head, coaxing the baby otter into his palm so he could carefully lower it into the water slowly; realizing within seconds how bad of an idea it was as the baby begins to crawl up his arm and away from the water. "whoa there, baby, the water's that way."

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he nods, watching the younger member with pride in his eyes. he knows it must be hard to be a new member being added into an established group, but he knows that eterval have been more than welcoming to their newcomers. he had made sure to keep an eye out for fan slogans and pickets at their last fanmeeting and had been pleased to see plenty of juno ones and had even personally pointed out a few to yoojoon.

it makes him happy that their fans are happy to take all the new v&a members, specifically agito members, under their wing. he had been a bit worried originally, but he's been pleasantly surprised.

"sparkly kitty ..." jiho repeats, almost dumbfounded by the sudden nickname before he remembers the cat ears that yoojoon had stuck on his head a few moments before. it's fitting, oddly enough, and he shrugs and bears with it, though the response from the staff is surprising.

"you guys just want me to pose," jiho complains playfully in japanese, putting both hands on his hips as if to reprimand the staff watching them. "shouldn't we let the maknae shine for a bit first?" he asks, letting a whine playfully slip into his voice even as he steps forward to stand next to yoojoon.

A flicker of surprise dances across Yoojoon’s face, his brows lifting slightly as realization dawns. Oh, photocards. Of course. It's impossible to forget how wildly popular they've become in recent years. He chuckles softly, brushing a hand through his hair as he responds, “I guess I really do, huh?”

Turning toward the sea of raised cameras, his expression shifts into something more playful, more performative. It’s instinct now - posing with ease. First a peace sign, then a classic half-heart tucked by his cheek, his eyes crinkling into half-moons as he grins wide.

By the fourth pose, he pauses and looks over at their leader,. “I bet they’ll love it even more if they get a picture of the fairy prince and the sparkly kitty together.” he teases, beckoning Jiho over with a subtle gesture.

And in that perfect synergy, he turns his attention back to the crowd and calls out in smooth, mastered Japanese, “Right? You want a photo of us together, don’t you?” The response is instant. Deafening, even. Cheers erupt, voices overlapping in excitement and approval, some high-pitched, some full of laughter, but all carrying the same message: yes, absolutely.

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"okay, okay, i'll forward them to you," he laughs, putting his hands up as if he's acquiescing so nothing goes down between the two of them. it's funny though, because he agrees that dubu is cute enough to beg for updates — honestly, he would know, because he's constantly asking his parents for updates too.

pausing for a second, he holds out dubu's leash to yura, offering it to her so she can watch his puppy fully. "you can pick him up in like, 10 minutes or so," jiho adds after a moment, looking faintly amused. "he'll get tired of running around by then." and it's true, because most of his walks with the puppy end up with him carrying the tired pup.

"i'm sorry," he says again, sincere in his apology considering that he really doesn't know how he had forgotten to tell her. genuinely, he thought he had mentioned it before but it's true that they don't really see each other often enough for it to come up. also, the fact that it felt really weird to just message her out of the blue to announce that he had gotten into a relationship after telling her about his and eunho's decision to part ways in their relationship amicably.

he pouts at the jab with her elbow though he can't really blame her for this, considering he would have felt the same way if she had been a year late telling him about her own relationship. of course, not telling right away also makes sense but a year ... is a bit much ... he'll admit that much.

gasping playfully at her counter, he shakes his head a little. "i would be shocked, but more so that you had accepted an engagement while active in the industry still," he adds, tilting his head a little to the side. "anyways, to make it up to you, i'll pay for your order at the cafe," he says, a little playful but sincere nonetheless.

previous reply.

"maybe i should send a gift to your parents...? it is the new year after all," yura mumbles, half to herself and half to jiho, mostly joking - only because part of her is seriously considering it if it meant she would get more regular dubu updates. "anyways, please send me photos whenever you get new ones sent to you," she settles on saying at a normal volume, almost pleading with the other, before letting out a laugh at how desperate she must sound-- but anything for cute dogs.

she falls into step with jiho, careful to leave enough distance between them and even walking a step or two behind just in case, so them meeting up doesn't look particularly incriminating. considering the reveal she just learned, however, she thinks that it would be utterly hilarious and ironic if any dating rumors were to pop up about them; not only has she never thought of jiho that way but they were both in relationships now but not with each other.

it never hurt to be careful though and while yura knows she could just cut out meeting up with any guy in her private time altogether to prevent any potential issues at all, it's unfair to them as people to do that. they've been friends--and close ones at that--since they were trainees so why can't they still be good friends now?

"no, you didn't-- obviously, by how i'm reacting!" yura retorts, although she's not mad and doesn't try to sound like she is, because she laughs a second after. "if i knew, i wouldn't be so surprised, right?" she shakes her head, as if disappointed in jiho for not only not telling her but forgetting to. she doesn't fault him for it, of course, because she knows how it gets when you're busy and other things start taking a back seat or just slip your mind when you're focusing on certain stuff that take priority - but she can't help but feel a bit sad that she's finding out so late and a whole year at that.

"'surprise?' he says... a whole year... lee jiho, you forgot to tell me for one whole year!!" she accuses playfully, nudging (or almost jabbing) him with her elbow. "i can't believe this. is this all our friendship means to you?" she fake sniffs, burrowing the lower half of her face further into her jacket both as part of the act and to keep herself warm. "what if i had gotten engaged and didn't tell you a year later?!"

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genuinely he can't really believe that he's here right now. in the water. holding an otter. it's kind of a surreal feeling, considering that he had never in his wildest dreams thought that he would be this close to one in real life. he had seen those aquariums where you could feed otters and hold their hands, but this is an entirely different experience to that.

he feels thankful that it's all being recorded so that he can rewatch it whenever he starts thinking it was a dream again.

"i guess not," jiho muses, wondering why. it's a little funny to think that something that otters seemingly did naturally wouldn't come naturally to them. especially since they spent the majority of their life in water. it makes it cute though, the image of otter moms teaching their otter kids how to swim.

and this time, they're the otter moms. kinda.

"mmm ..." he laughs a little at the thought of taking an otter home. "you might need to buy a swimming pool," he says, tilting his head to the side. "or else all our hard work today will be in vain, right?"

one thing was for certain about this show — it always continued to surprise him. having expectations for how things like these were supposed to go had never been for him but having spent half the night thinking up of situations of whether this or that were to happen, he had hoped that at least one of his guesses were correct.

boy, was he proven wrong.

way, way, way wrong.

because never in his wildest dreams did he think that volunteering at a pet shop would have him within arms reach of a real-live otter — weren’t these animals only allowed in zoos or in the oceans of some nameless coastal town?

crouched beside the otters and other (haha, other not otter) male; he rests his chin on his forearms, gazing at the little pup in jiho’s hands, “i guess it’s not an instinctive thing for them? like how puppies know to move their paws as they approach the water …. they don’t seem to do that …” he muses, fist bunched against his jaw as he glances at the other otters who were currently lounging in a life boat by his feet. 

“man, i wonder if i can bring one home with me.” he was sure meong-meong would love a new friend.

[lgcjiho]

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╰› (go!) season five, episode seven

[lgcjiho]

— the otter side

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when he had originally signed up for this show, he had thought he would get a day of playing with puppies or even spending a day getting compared to a cat as he so usually is when it comes to his fans. but when he heard of what they were doing, jiho's jaw literally dropped in surprise. and shock.

and awe.

who would've thought he would get to spend the day swimming and interacting with otters? the other v&a members were going to be so jealous, he was sure of it. and probably eterval as well.

sitting in the water in the wet suit they had been provided, he carefully holds the otter pup in his hands in a position that would help it kick its feet. or back paws? something like that.

he's genuinely dying though at how cute it is, cooing at it every time he has a chance. "you'd think, being otters, that they would naturally know how to swim," jiho comments to jino after being splashed by the one he's holding, laughing as he brushes water out of his face.

"but this is probably the cutest thing i've ever witnessed?"

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⸻ lee jiho : boys energy reaction

when their names start being called, jiho isn't quite sure what to expect since he can't watch the others walk onto their busses.

it's kinda a strange thought to think that everyone that he had been doing activities with could've possibly been on a different team this entire time. honestly, he had thought that the villas were the teams originally but then he had realized that his room had less members than the others so it couldn't really be since it wouldn't be fair. well, they only had one less member, but it still wouldn't be fair, right?

he's not one to complain about things like that though, considering that it would just mean that he needed to work harder. that's a moot point now, but the thought had been there when the whole 'real team' thing had been revealed originally.

either way, he waits patiently for his name to be called.

once it is, he nods to the people who are left and heads to bus number three once he's told where to go. he steps inside, not really sure of what to expect when he's there.

his eyes widen slightly when he gets onto the bus, making a soft sound under his breath as he processes the faces he's seeing before him. he didn't do many activities with any of them and he really hopes that it's not something that's going to hurt their team in the end.

hopefully.

he smiles at yoojoon when the younger sits down next to him though, and his expression brightens once parker steps onto the bus. okay, at least they had worked together for something so it wasn't too bad at all.

their team isn't bad at all and there's a few familiar faces that he's pleased to see, even if he hasn't really talked to a few others. the whole point of this show was to get to know the others better anyway so jiho resolves to work on that now that their real team had been revealed.

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he nods, having been thinking something entirely similar because he had also been an avid enjoyer of animal crossing. he had even brought his switch to play on the airplane over but he had ended up sleeping almost the entire time that he wasn't eating. maybe he just tended to sleep well while travelling.

either way, jiho fully agrees with the comparison to animal crossing.

"okay, i'll let you grab them then," he indicates for jisoo to go but he slides his own goggles back onto his face so he can duck under the surface of the water to watch and make sure the other was going to the correct place that he had spotted.

making a sound under his breath, jiho considers the question for a moment and he shakes his head. "i think we should keep the duplicates just in case they're actually different?" he suggests, a smile on his lips. "but we can go back and see if there's anything different to get. maybe we get a large variety, we'll get bonus points or something?"

"oh dang! i keep finding the same scallop shaped ones," jisoo grumbles, looking at the ones that jiho saw. "i'll have to go back down for some of the varied ones. you know... this feels like.. i feel silly saying it but..."

"real life animal-crossing new horizons." especially when they added the underwater feature where you could go down and dig up items. and the different shells on the beach. that's what it felt like. "i want to find every type of conch or shell possible now that the thought has come into my mind because i feel like the 'villager'," jisoo cackles, putting away the shells that he did find, preparing himself to go down below again. "alright, i'm going to try to target where you pointed to. give me a few moments," and he prepares to go back under, loving the peace that came along with being under the water's surface. spotting a small collective pile that looks as if someone had put them there, or if it was another underwater animal or mother nature's way of saying 'come here', jisoo slowly made his way in that direction. is this how mermaids felt? grabbing at a few, he maneuvers a bit further, trying to locate anything with a stark colour that would stand out to him.

popping back up, jisoo puts the shells in one area. "should we put back the ones that are repetitive?" anything for another excuse to go back down, to be honest.

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he stares at parker for a long moment, unsure of what he could do to help and manages to make it over to gently attempt to hold him above water so he wouldn't inhale more accidentally. it's inevitable that they would get some intake of the water there, considering they're snorkeling and literally diving for shellfish, but he hopes that parker is okay nonetheless.

"don't die before we finish filming," jiho jokes, once sure that the other idol is okay and he shakes his head a little in amusement.

letting out a surprised laugh, jiho raises his eyebrows at parker before he laughs again, having processed what he had said. "you think we could pass a cool rock as shellfish?" he echoes in a stage whispers, sure that they wouldn't get away with it.

"okay, how about once we get all the required shellfish we have a competition and see who can get a cooler rock?"

“Honestly, your guess is as good as mine. I only know how to eat seafood,” he laughs happily, brain momentarily wondering if they can have seafood once they’re done when a small wave catches Parker of guard and floods his mouth with seawater. His laughter quickly turns into a confused and panicked sputter, arms flailing a little as he tries to bob a bit higher to catch his breath. It’s not to most attractive, idol-like scene but it’s really their last thing on Pacler’s mine as coughs and hacks up some water. The episode eventually passes and he’s left a bit flushes, and gasping for breath. He stares at Jiho, clearly bewildered for a moment before his laugh returns, louder and brighter than ever. “I’m okay!” 

Reaching up he wipes some water away before reaching back down to find his goggles and fitting them back on. “Okay, yeah, let’s go. I think we have a good chance!” He turns his gaze towards one of the staff filming and points at the camera, addressing the future audience. “Wish us luck!” 

He smiles and fiddles a bit with his snorkel. “If we find a good enough rock maybe we can pass it off,” he comments with a grin before fits the end in his mouth and dives back under.

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everything is completely different under the water, he muses once he's ducked under on jisoo's count. it's not that he hadn't gone snorkeling or swimming before, but the experience feels a lot different when they're in a foreign country doing it. the water is nice and warm though, and jiho finds himself feeling a little distracted from the task at hand.

a part of him wishes he could take a picture with his eyes, of how vibrant the seascape is, even underwater. he wants to commit this to memory to see if he could paint it when he gets back.

spotting some shellfish, he glances around to see if jisoo's seen them before he swims over to grab at least one since he needs to resurface for air. breaking the surface of the water, jiho takes in a breath and looks around, waiting for jisoo to come out too and then waving him over. "there's a few more directly below here," he says, pointing downwards. "i grabbed one, but i think we could get two or three? they all looked different to me."

cerulean tour

mark this on his non-existent bucket list, jisoo is so excited to be able to snorkel. under the sea, under the sea. the song is kind of jingling in the back of his head as he is beside jiho, the two of them having been briefed on how to do said activity. it seems a bit excessive rather than finding shells on the sand, but imagine the things they could see here. too bad they couldn't bring along their phones but there was something to be said about being able to see something without having to be distracted by the camera's lens.

"ready when you are," jisoo says briefly, before the worldscape changes as they plunge into the water. the equipment that was a bit bulky and awkward above the surface is transformative underneath. they didn't have to stay next to each other, but it would probably be a good idea not to get split up too far. oh yea, no talking either, jisoo hums mentally, looking around. everything was so... vibrant. and beautiful. right, shells. looking for different types of shells...

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he pushes his damp bangs out of his face, trying his very best not to look like a drowned rat. he's sure no one would think that, but he doesn't want to give them any reason to do so. "yeah, i think these count ..." he says, looking at the two they have in his hands and he makes a sound, tugging the snorkel off so he can fix ... everything.

it's a nice vacation though, even if they're all still technically working right now and filming. it's a nice escape to leave the cold and snow of seoul and to come to vietnam. it's a place and a country he had never thought he would visit, and he's so glad that this was the location for them to be filming in since it's nice and warm out. compared to seoul, where he had been wearing padding before they left.

"i don't really know sea creatures very well but these are clams ... i think, or something in that family." jiho isn't very well-versed in stuff like this, considering he had been born and raised in the concrete jungle of seoul, but he likes to think he has enough general knowledge to get by.

"lets finish up so we can beat the others!"

nemo

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The water is warm and clear as it bounces around Parker’s shoulder as he breaks through the surface, hair drenched and dripping over his face until he reaches up to clear his sight. Where he is the water isn’t deep, even he can stand comfortably in the water, while the goggles bob around his neck. He had had them on before but had pulled them off a minute ago to give his face a bit of a break from the pressure. 

“So we need to find three more right?” he asks as the young man to his right, voice raised a bit to make sure Jiho could hear him. “Did you find any more shellfish?” He’s pretty sure the two they’ve found so far count, though as much as Parker loves the ocean, identifying sea life isn’t one of his talents. He’s more of a surfing and swimming kind of cat— dog? Person? But still, getting to go on this trip and spend time in the water and doing cool things for this show is worth it. It’s fun and some of the guys, like Jiho aren’t people he gets to interact with normally.

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"i agree," jiho says with a laugh, feeling very proud of their idol-actor slash his best friend in the industry. the fact that he and haru had been roommates during their trainee years and had somehow ended up here together is something that he's still amazed by sometimes.

"yeah i was a student too," he nods, thinking back to the struggle of balancing both parts of his life. he had been a university student when he had been scouted, so that was the reason he had continued school, hoping for something to use as backup if becoming an idol fell through. "maybe ... but honestly, i feel like all of my trainee days were a blur," jiho laughs a little, shaking his head.

"unsurprisingly, i hated rapping," he says, looking amused and apologetic towards their main rapper. "i think i knew from day one that it wasn't my calling."

"you are correct, i was busy practicing for musicals instead!" after how autonomated he felt being an idol after the last few years with v&a, yushin could hardly believe that is how he started out. "i could have been the next big actor. but i believe that calling fits haru even more," the eldest member declares proudly. but that's not what they're discussing, they're talking about trainee moments.

"we must have done.... some trainee things back together in the day. no? no overlap? i do remember the struggle of trying to keep the trainee schedule up while simultaneously being a student. that was not fun. i was extremely glad to graduate. did you end up with that balance too?" he grimaces a little bit at the memory of trying to get any little glimpses of sleep. that was near impossible.

"what was your.. least favourite skill to practice when you were a trainee?"

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— thinking back

a v&a room starter for @lgcyushin

"it's been a while," jiho comments, settling down on the couch happily as he reaches for his latte in front of him and taking a sip. v&a room is always fun to film, if he's honest, because it's a lot more laid back than some of the other things that they film. he won't lie, he enjoys doing everything for their career but he likes being able to snack and chat. it's relaxing.

he doesn't say anything else, taking a long sip of his drink before setting it down and then turning to yushin, picking up a pillow and hugging it to his chest. taking a second to remember what their prompt was for this episode, he glances at the older member.

"do you have any interesting trainee memories, hyung?" he asks, curious. "we didn't train together much actually," he adds, glancing at the camera and grabbing one of the chips from the bowl in front of them. "considering that you were going to become a musical actor right? before this?"

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the passion5 commercials are really making me want to eat cake! despite me not being on a diet or anything, i usually hold back on eating too many sweets in general but i was already tempted and then it just so happens that i saw a jiho ad for their cake.

so i was sold. obviously.

and the cake is so good! i need jiho to model for more things because everything that i've tried because of him as been amazing. also, i know he likes baking so! i trust him!

[ + / - ] this really reads as fan of jiho eats cake promoted by jiho. do you guys not have original thoughts in your brains? [ + / - ] honestly op, i felt the same way! i'm on a diet and i literally couldn't resist when i saw the cake. not only does it look delicious, but jiho also ate it so deliciously that i couldn't not buy it! [ + / - ] also he was styled so nicely! i can even be mad that i, also, was a victim of jiho's passion5 cf bc he looked so CUTE

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[lgcjiho]

there's something about being in kai's presence that soothes him. not that he's a very hyperactive person to begin with, though sometimes when he's with his members he can be that way, especially if he's playing it up for a camera, but he always feels so relaxed around the other.

he had looked it up once, and the internet had said something about being around someone you love and feeling safe could oftentimes make you feel sleepy. perhaps this was one of those times.

he's a little zoned out, having been actively perusing the menu even though everything sounds amazing. he's not a very picky eater to begin with, so looking over the menu only makes it harder for him to choose. he hears the shutter of a photo being taken and he glances up at kai, a somewhat bewildered look on his face before he realizes that his boyfriend has just taken a photo of him.

"ah, you could've let me pose," jiho complains playfully, though after seeing the picture he's not too mad about the candid. there's a perk in being photogenic after all.

"i think we can order two, for sure," he says, laughing a little at kai's words. "i think five might be overkill though."

dreams in watercolor.

It was during one of his usual late-night Tiktok sprees that Kai stumbled upon it. A coffee shop that looked like it had been plucked straight out of a Studio Ghibli film, complete with ivy-covered walls, soft golden light and wooden beams that seemed to hum with magic. The moment he saw it, his mind didn’t even need time to wander: it went straight to @lgcjiho.

He’d called ahead, just to make sure they could get a quieter, cozier corner, away from the buzz, the whispers, the possibility of being recognized. Just a space for the two of them, something peaceful and unbothered. And now here they are, nestled into a booth that smells like cinnamon and dreams, with soft music playing and the glow of the late afternoon sun filtering through gauzy curtains.

He can’t help himself; he takes out his phone. Jiho, sitting across from him, bathed in golden light, looks so at home in this fairytale setting that it almost feels like a scene from a movie. The shutter clicks quietly and he smiles down at the photo that appears on his screen.

“Ah, perfect,” he murmurs, beaming as he turns his phone to show Jiho. “I think I have a new phone background.” There’s warmth in his voice, eyes twinkling like the string lights above them. “Did you decide what dessert you want?” he asks, already eyeing the menu again. “Kinda wanna try them all. Maybe we just order, like … five? For scientific purposes, obviously.”