A/N: English, Chinese, Cantonese, Korean

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"Hey, Jewel?" Kris calls with his eyes closed.

You have retreated to the back of the salon, idly flipping through the textbook. Everyone's having makeup done now (you personally think it's ridiculous) so you're bored. They all have their eyes closed.

"Mm?" You answer. "What's up?"

"How did your meeting with the dean go?" he inquires. "I think we all forgot to ask, and you never mentioned."

Suho suddenly calls out as well. "Ja- Jin Ae-ah, how did your talk with the dean go?"

You laugh and don't tell him that he just repeated Kris' question. "Oh, well I'm taking the finals tomorrow," you answer both, still turning pages.

"Bwoh?" Chanyeol exclaims. He nearly gets stabbed in the eye as he turns around to look at you in disbelief.

"Yah, why are you here?" Sehun asks irritably, eyes closed.

"Don't yah your noona," Luhan scolds.

Sehun shuts up, pouting.

"Don't tell me you don't even need to review," Minseok grumbles.

"Araso, I won't," you grin at his back. I don't think I've ever seen a ticked off baozi before. 

"Honestly though, Ja- B- uh, even if you have perfect memory, aren't you a little bit worried?" Baekpuppy trips over what to call you and ends up omitting your name altogether.

You laugh at him. "Why don't you just call me Jin Ae?"

"I forgot," he whines, scrunching up his eyes as the stylist tries to line them. She flattens her lips and sits back, annoyed. You find him incredibly adorable.

"Aigoo, Baekpuppy oppa," you coo amusedly at him. "If you wrinkle your face any more I think stylist noona's going to slap you."

His brows smooth out immediately. "Sorry," he apologizes contritely, then falls silent.

"I'm quite apprehensive," you say thoughtfully to yourself, answering his question.

Meanwhile, the other eleven don't know what to think. Baekpuppy? Oppa?

***

"Why don't you call me oppa?" Kris complains as the thirteen of you get onto the vans again. You're sitting next to him this time. Jongdae is in the front. Everyone is sitting up straight, careful of their newly styled hair.

"I call you 哥 (ge), pabo," you roll your eyes at him.

"It's not the same! Plus, we're in Korea now," he wheedles. "Call me oppa?"

"Oh my god, duizhang," Tao observes, aghast. "What are you doing?"

Kris looks at him. "Nothing." I dare you to say something, Huang Zitao.

"Call me oppa," Jongdae slyly says into the silence.

"Araso, Jongdae oppa," you laugh. You turn to Kris. "There's wifi in the studio, I hope?"

"I dunno, probably? Here's my phone if there isn't. The code is 3966," Kris casually pulls out his phone and gives it to you.

You look at him, unimpressed. "EXO-M? How uncreative."

He flushes. "Trust you to know, huh."

"Duizhang's phone code is EXO-M? But isn't it numerical?" Tao asks, puzzled.

You and Kris exchange glances. "Uh…" You hedge, daunted by the task of explaining texting in English on a keypad. "Kris will explain!" You duck your head and pretend to flip purposefully through the apps on Kris' phone.

Kris coughs and pretends to see something interesting outside the car. He isn't too taken by the idea of spending the rest of the car ride wasting his breath trying to explain something the maknae won't understand.

Shrugging, Tao inserts his ear buds. He knows the code, anyway.

***

Before long, you pull into the carpark of an unfamiliar building. Suho smiles and waves as he sees you getting out of the van. "MBC," he says, gesturing around. "Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation."

You nod and walk forward. The thirteen of you spread out naturally in one line. Somehow, you're in the middle. The two managers behind you look at each other. It's like an MV…

You look to either side and can't help but laugh.

"What's funny?" Chanyeol asks.

Kris looks at you, then past you at the second tallest member. He grins.

"Why am I between the two giants?" You ask the ceiling, craning your neck. "Should have brought my 10-inch heels."

"You have 10-inch heels?" Kyungsoo gasps, eyes wide. He sticks his head out in front and peers around Chanyeol.

"Just joking, Pororo oppa," you giggle.

"Yah, Jagi," he warns. "Don't call me Pororo."

He looks so adorably tiny next to Chanyeol that you want to hug him.

"Pororo oppa is so cute next to giant elf oppa!" you squeal uncharacteristically.

Kyungsoo cringes and ducks away from your gaze.

What has gotten into you lately, Jewel? Kris wonders. You're usually so reserved.

The group reaches the elevators and makes a couple of turns before emerging into a large white studio. The two managers go to announce EXO's arrival.

"Uh… This is rather… bland?" You observe.

"I guess, yeah. I think it was because of budget before but now it's just a trademark," Kai says.

"I'll just crash over here, annyeong~" You wave and sit on a folding chair by the exit, behind all the cameras. It should be far enough to remain unnoticed.

"Araso, but are you just going to stay here the whole time?" Suho frowns.

"You'll be bored," Luhan worries.

"No she won't, she can watch our handsome faces," Baekhyun grins.

"She can watch us embarrass ourselves again, you mean," Sehun states sourly.

"Oh come on, Sehunnie, you can't still be holding a grudge over that," Chen rolls his eyes. "That was SO long ago… Even I forgot about it."

"You mentioned it just now," Lay points out.

"Guys-" you try.

"Guys, I'm sure Jewel can take care of herself," Kris smoothly interjects. "Plus, we need to get our mics. They're getting ready to start the opening, see?"

As they hurry off to get wired up, you sit down with a sigh and pull out your textbook. Nobody pays attention to you. At least they don't think you're trespassing.

After around twenty minutes, you look up to see the twelve members standing behind the camera, waiting for their entrance.

Baekhyun winks cheesily at you as Chen shoves him ("Ah, hajima! You look stupid!"). It looks like they're really excited. They're so cute. Luhan flashes you a sweet smile, while Kris just grants you a long look. "Have fun!" You call quietly. All twelve of them turn to look at you, in various states of pleased surprise. Even Sehun and Xiumin look somewhat gratified.

Before long, you hear the two MCs start to speak.

"I heard Miss A is going to come today!" Hyungdon announces.

"No, Secret!" Defconn argues.

"I know! Sunny Hill!" Hyungdon cries.

You shake your head. People like this kind of stuff? You insert one earbud and begin to flip through the familiar pages again.

"AL:KDFKFDFWA," you hear the two hosts mumble loudly.

"1, 2, 3- We are ONE! Annyeonghaseyo, EXO-imnida!"

Oh? You look up. You'd somehow missed them filing onto the set.

***

After a while, you decide to see if your friends are online. It takes a while for you to get set up. You wander around a bit, asking staff who don't seem too busy about the wifi network. They're mostly disgruntled and absent-minded, but somehow you manage to get into the network. 

As you finally sit down and log into Skype, the filming seems to come to a standstill. "Alright, everyone, changing tapes!" someone calls.

You put an earbud in and press call in the group chat you have with your three roommates in the States. Come on, pick up. I know you're there, guys.

You break into a wide grin as the image resolves into video.

"Hey, Sally, Daisy! She's on!" Rebecca shouts. You wince as her voice blares into your ear.

"Oh my god! Jewel!" Sally squeals.

"How are things going over there?" Daisy asks.

Then, a torrent of questions.

"Did you go to Myeongdong?"

"Did you go have samgyupsal?"

"Did you see any celebrities?!" This last is shouted by all three of the overexcited girls.

"Chatting with your friends?" Kris asks, pulling over a chair. You haven't said a word yet- he doesn't know you're on video. Fortunately, he's not quite visible on screen.

"Mmhmm. It's video, by the way." You drop the alarming fact casually.

His eyes widen slightly but he keeps his cool. "I'm not on screen, am I?" He asks anxiously. You shake your head no and unplug the earphones, putting your laptop on speaker.

"Who's that?" Rebecca asks suspiciously. "Is it some hot Korean guy you don't want us to see?"

Kris preens. You elbow him, hard.

"Oh, just a classmate." You smile innocently.

"It sounded like Kris oppa…" Daisy frowns. "Maybe I'm hallucinating because you're in Korea."

"Oh, what are you doing, Jagi?" Chanyeol calls brightly, coming over to sit beside you (off screen). Kris frowns at his use of your nickname but nobody is close enough to hear. That is, aside from the three girls on your screen.

They're frozen on the other end of the call.

"I SWEAR that was Chanyeol oppa!" Sally shrieks. You turn down the volume a little. It doesn't help much though, when Tao suddenly appears behind you.

" AIEEEEE!" They scream after a split second.

" AHHHHH!!!!" Tao screams as well, ducking out of sight.

"WAS THAT TAO OH MY GOD-"

"TAO! TAO!"

"Jewel," Kris shakes his head at you. "That was mean."

"Oops," you say, unrepentant.

"Got to go," Luhan says, appearing briefly on screen as he walks behind you.

Sally disappears from the screen with a loud thud as the other two dissolve into breathless shrieking.

"Guys, calm your balls, I don't understand what you're so worked up about," you say, waving as Kris and Chanyeol head back onto the set.

"Tao! Kris! Chanyeol! Luhan!" They blabber.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," you lie fluidly. "Those are just my classmates, and now you've scared them away." You frown disapprovingly.

"Really? Sorry... I thought it really was them," Sally says meekly.

They're downcast, but soon they brighten up. "So tell us about college life in Seoul!"

You laugh. So gullible… But then again, why wouldn't they believe me? Die-hard fans… tsk, tsk.

***

You wave goodbye at your friends not long after- they need to attend a concert on campus. Putting your laptop away, you stretch and take a few steps to exercise your legs slightly before sitting on the chair, observing the filming.

The EXO members are now sitting at a very long table. Across from them is a table with plates of meat and a grill. The MCs are in between the tables, as is a board. It's obviously another segment of the show, but why aren't they starting?

"Bwoh?! Why are you only telling me this now?" comes a harsh whisper.