KAI

It's 6:30 am. I was supposed to wake up 30 minutes ago!!! Even though  we don't have to leave till 7:30, we still have to change and take care of ourselves. I quickly run to the bathroom to use the shower. After I change into my favorite sweatshirt and sweatpants. We will change into our shooting outfits when we get to the set. Then I go to meet the others for breakfast. When I get there Luca is the only one there. I guess the others are still showering.

“Did you get some decent sleep last night?” he asked, sipping on his tea.

“You kinda fell asleep in the middle of the movie” he said with a chuckle.

“I did?” I am pretty sure I didn’t. If I did, how did I get to my own bed? I am pretty sure that I was watching the movie on Luca’s bed. But if I did indeed fall asleep how did I get to my own bed?

As if he read my thoughts Luca said “I might have moved you to your own bed so I can sleep. I also might have dropped you in the process though,”

“Gee thanks” I say sarcastically. 

“Just kidding!” He says laughing. “You should have seen your face”

“What are you guys laughing about?” a sleepy voice asks.

We turn around to see Sky and the rest of the members.

“Nothing.” Luca says

Sky eyes Luca suspiciously. Sky can tell when Luca is joking around but he doesn’t always mention it. He quietly goes to grab a tea bag and pours himself a mug of hot water. The other members grab some cereal and sit at the table next to us. 

“We should probably eat a bit more quickly,” Jae says. “We have to leave in like 15 minutes”

We all quickly shovel our food into our mouths. We can’t be late to our shooting unless we want to do any of our usual Christmas Eve traditions. Even though we are not christian, we still enjoy christmas. It is just a very happy time of the year and we can all just hang out and have some fun. After we eat, the car arrives. We quietly climb into the car and sit in silence. I think we are all still tired from yesterday’s shooting. 

When we get to the shooting location we get put into hair and makeup. My stylist, Linda, starts brushing on my makeup. Since the concept is crush and love she puts on aegyo makeup. It is a pretty simple makeup look and doesn't use a lot of makeup. The previous concept used way too much makeup and my face was basically caked in it. This time I can actually breathe a bit. At the same time Linda is doing my makeup, My hairstylist starts styling my hair in a simple style. 

Once I am all done with hair and makeup, I quickly change into my outfit for the shoot and go to meet with the others. The others are dressed similarly and ready to shoot. 

“Okay guys! Let's start shooting.” says Ms. Lin

We walk over to the set and start the ridiculously long process of shooting. We shoot many different scenes for the music video. The dances for this music video are quite easy to do. There are no abrupt movements to do or crazy headbanging that will give me headaches. We shoot for about an hour before our first break.

“Man, this shoot is so tiring,” Luca says from behind me. 

“I know, there are so many scenes to shoot and we need this video out by the 27th. We already delayed this music  video once. Our album came out a week ago. This was supposed to come  out the day after the album was released!” Sky says, obviously pissed.

“We just have to power through.” I say tiredly, “Once we finish shooting we will be free for the rest of the year.”

“Yeah,” Jae says from somewhere behind me.

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“Well that's it for shooting!” says Ms. Lin.

“You guys can spend the rest of the year off!” she continues.

Everyone cheers. If the band gets a break everyone else does too. A little bit of time to spend with family, loved ones. Well at least until we are needed again. Everyone slowly starts to exit and me and the other members go to remove our makeup and change back into our casual clothes for the ride back to the hotel

By the time we get out  of our outfits for the shoot and our makeup it is 7:15 and we are all very tired. Sky calls us a cab and we patiently wait for the cab to come. When it arrives we all go in and sit  in silence for the ride back. I guess we are all too tired to start a conversation. When we get back to the hotel we all go to the bathrooms to shower and change. 

“Are you guys still up to do our usual Christmas rituals?” asks Suho when we all gather after we showered.

“Of course!” says Sky.

“We need to make the most of the rest of today cause Christmas Eve only comes once a year!” Saka replies enthusiastically.

Ever since the first Christmas we spent together as a group we had gathered a bunch of traditions to do when Christmas comes around. We usually bake cookies to eat while we watch a bunch of Christmas movies until we all fall asleep. On Christmas morning we distribute and share gifts that we got for each other and then go home on the 28th to spend some time with our families before we need to regroup again after the new year.

“What kind of cookies should we make this year?” I ask.

“I think it's Saka’s turn to decide.” replies Sky.

“I think that we should make chocolate caramel cookies this year,” Saka declares.

We quickly gather in the kitchen and start to search for the ingredients to make the cookies. Once we do, we start mixing the ingredients together to make the dough.

“You got a little dough on your face,” Luca says giggling at me.

I wipe my face slightly.

“Did I get it?” I asked. I really don’t want to have cookie dough batter on my face.

“No,” he responds. 

Luca reaches up and quickly brushes the cookie dough off my face. His touch is soft and gentle. My cheeks flush from the touch. Making my cheeks flush even more, he licks the dough he wiped off my face from his fingers. Why does he always seem like he is trying to flirt with me???

“What?” He says. “The dough just tastes good” I can tell that he is hesitating though because his cheeks are turning red.

“Hey lovebirds!” shouts Sky. “Are we going to finish these cookies or what??”