Group: this is a mess

defsoul: mr park wants to hear us sing

doubleb: which mr park?

defsoul: jyp

pepijy: the principal

thebiggame: for realz???

pepijy: for realsies

doubleb: wow we’re that amazing already?

gyeomthestage: just waiting for jinyoung to say yes i AM that amazing bambam

pepijy: it doesn’t matter how good i am, i’d never carry an entire team

gyeomthestage: wow ur actually being modest for once

pepijy: youngjae carries it too

otterjae: thanks!

gyeomthestage: i knew it ur just that fake

flyingmork: yeah yeah jinyoung is fake we all know that by now

thebiggame: lmao even mark hyung is sick of it

flyingmork: yeah. what i really care about rn is why jyp wants to listen to our performance

otterjae: bc we’re good?

doubleb: duh we’re fabulous

defsoul: well we are but that wasn’t what mr han said

pepijy: basically he just loves music a lot and feels like us 7 have potential as a group so he wants to listen

pepijy: and we’re fabulous

doubleb: i knew it

gyeomthestage: we’ve got to show him what we live for

thebiggame: FOOD

flyingmork: SLEEP

defsoul CATS

doubleb: CLOTHES

gyeomthestage: true but that’s not what i meant

gyeomthestage: i meant this love. u kno as in the song we’re singing?

flyingmork: oh yeah

doubleb: u right

defsoul: cats r still life tho~

thebiggame: maybe we could change the lyrics?

thebiggame: we live for this foooood

thebiggame: think u can sing that youngjae?

otterjae: i can try!

doubleb: that’s the kind of can-do attitude we want on this team!

pepijy: we’re not changing the lyrics or the song. we actually do this really well

defsoul: right we do. it was a good song choice

pepijy: ur just saying that bc u suggested it in the first place jillb

defsoul: u were the first one to agree with me tho

pepijy: that means nothing

defsoul: it means u like the song as much as me

pepijy: yeah i do

defsoul: and?

pepijy: … and maybe it was a good choice

defsoul: i thought so. thank u jinyoung

doubleb: omg what did we say about flirting?

defsoul: to do it somewhere else?

doubleb: exactly

thebiggame: hgdjlsdga tHEY DIDNT EVEN DENY THAT THEY WERE FLIRTING

gyeomthestage: JJP IS REAL

pepijy: jjp?

otterjae: u don’t know what it is?

defsoul: no ing clue

flyingmork: it’s ur ship name

pepijy: ??? but where does the p come from? park?

gyeomthestage: smh u just see the u in everything

gyeomthestage: no it’s parents u fool

pepijy: what?

gyeomthestage: JaebumJinyoungParents = JJP

gyeomthestage: make sense now?

defsoul: we’re not ur parents

thebiggame: u r

defsoul: mark hyung is older than me tho?

flyingmork: so? ur still my parents

pepijy: i’m younger than jackson?

thebiggame: still my mom

otterjae: ur the best parents

doubleb: youngjae hyung is right

pepijy: who came up w/ the name?

gyeomthestage: me!

gyeomthestage: and jackson hyung

thebiggame: yup! ^^

thebiggame: i’m a genius

defsoul: i literally have no words for u jackson

thebiggame: ouch

pepijy: i can’t believe u guys rly gave us a ship name with “parents” in it

flyingmork: ur welcome

doubleb: ik we’re amazing

pepijy: ur certainly something that’s for sure

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otterjae: mr park liked us singing!

pepijy: he did! he liked the rapping as well!

thebiggame: i can’t believe he LIKED my husky rapping! lots of people say it doesn’t suit me!

defsoul: im surprised he responded so well

defsoul: but it’s super good. he rly seemed to like us

doubleb: what did i tell u all? we’re fabulous

flyingmork: for once u were right

doubleb: i’m going to ignore the for once bit and focus on the positives

flyingmork: u do u

gyeomthestage: i feel much more confident now

pepijy: yup we all do. now let’s discuss what he said about this singing contest

gyeomthestage: oh yeah what was that again i wasn’t really paying attention

pepijy: ing trash

pepijy: i won’t waste my words on you

defsoul: fine i guess i will then

defsoul: so u know that we’ll be performing this love at school events right? eg plays, fundraising nights ect

gyeomthestage: yeah right i know that part

defsoul: mr park thinks it would be good to enter us in a music competition held between the high schools each year. it’s usually just always singing but rapping is allowed too

defsoul: he thinks that our talents combined with the surprise element of rapping will get us a good result maybe even a win

pepijy: and i think we should go for it

defsoul: and i agree

pepijy: thank u apparent husband

defsoul: ur welcome apparent wife

thebiggame: aw couples

pepijy: what do you all think abt the competition yay or nay?

flyingmork: i thought it was “yea” not yay

doubleb: i thought it was neigh??

otterjae: isn’t that the sound a horse makes?

defsoul: stfu u guys and just give an answer

defsoul: (i say yay/yea)

doubleb: i say yay/yea

thebiggame: i say yay/yea

gyeomthestage: i say yay/yea

otterjae: i say yay/yea

flyingmork: i say yay/yea

pepijy: and ofc i say yay/yea

pepijy: so it’s decided. we will do the competition

thebiggame: yaaaaay shots!

defsoul: no

thebiggame: aw

pepijy: ur a bad influence to the kids

pepijy: esp youngjae

thebiggame: ur tight

thebiggame: *right

gyeomthestage: no one needs to know about that

thebiggame: omg it was a typo

doubleb: how tight? ;)

thebiggame: like a vice ;)

pepijy: ew wtf?

flyingmork: shut up u guys i don’t want to know

otterjae: same

defsoul: mark hyung is right. shut up

defsoul: we need to discuss this contest

gyeomthestage: what is there to discuss?

defsoul: what song we’ll sing

flyingmork: why can’t we just sing this love?

pepijy: we are

thebiggame: ?????

pepijy: u have to have 2 songs if u reach the final

defsoul: how it works is like this: every group sings 1 song and the judges vote on all of them and the points are counted. the two teams with the highest scores go through to the finals

pepijy: then for the finals u sing ur different song

doubleb: oooooh ok

otterjae: this love would be our song for the first round wouldn’t it?

otterjae: assuming we got to the finals

pepijy: youngjae we will get to the finals

otterjae: really?

defsoul: yes

defsoul: be confident

gyeomthestage: so r we going 2 spam song suggestions now?

pepijy: SENSIBLE spam mind you

gyeomthestage: still spam

thebiggame: ding dong song

pepijy: no

flyingmork: wtf is that actually a song?

thebiggame: sure is

thebiggame: [LINK]

otterjae: lmao that’s hilarious

pepijy: shut up u impure child we’re not doing that one

gyeomthestage: ooh i have an idea

defsoul: go ahead yugyeom

doubleb: ok so get this

gyeomthestage: jackson hyung is the epic sax guy

gyeomthestage: and then

defsoul: no

gyeomthestage: y not?

pepijy: ur cancelled

gyeomthestage:

pepijy: any other suggestions?

doubleb: I have one

doubleb: [LINK]

defsoul: … did u really just rickroll me or was that a serious suggestion?

doubleb: maybe both? ;)

doubleb: nah i just wanted to troll u

gyeomthestage: i can feel the steam coming from jb hyung’s ears from here

thebiggame: right?

flyingmork: why can’t we do a foreign song? that’ll impress them

pepijy: our pronunciation would be awful

thebiggame: yeah u guys don’t want to hear jaebummie speaking english he sounds like hes got a gun to his head

defsoul: “jaebummie”?

thebiggame: oops sry i meant jaebum! my favorite hyung!

defsoul: …..

thebiggame: ily <3

defsoul: sure u do

flyingmork: so no foreign song?

pepijy: afraid not hyung

doubleb: lmao jaebummie

doubleb: that’s a cute nickname hyung

defsoul: stfu

gyeomthestage: jinyoung’s got a pretty cute nickname too but i won’t spill the tea just yet

pepijy: u better not

otterjae: does it have to be a meme song?

pepijy: no ofc not the other r just dumb

otterjae: ive been looking thru my music and i can’t find anything that will suit everyone’s voice/style

defsoul: youngjae is literally the only one taking this seriously besides me and u

pepijy: ikr? truly an angel child

defsoul: he rly is

gyeomthestage: discrimination

thebiggame: favouritism

flyingmork: oppression

doubleb: homophobia

pepijy: well maybe if u lot come with some sensible suggestions be won’t be like this

flyingmork: my suggestion was sensible

defsoul: hyung’s right, his was

defsoul: at least more sensible than the ert song, jackson doing a saxophone solo and never gonna give u up

pepijy: come on there’s seven of us here. between us we must be able to think of at least one good song

otterjae: it’s not really between 7 tho. it’s more like between 3 or 4

flyingmork: right. i don’t think those three will be much help

defsoul: i don’t think they’ll be any help

doubleb: we’re helping

defsoul: no ur not

defsoul: u fkking meme

doubleb: that’s the best compliment uve ever given me

doubleb: thank u so much

defsoul: ……

thebiggame: *rage intensifies*

gyeomthestage: *rage against bambam intensifies

defsoul: *rage again bambam jackson and yugyeom intensifies

thebiggame: yIKES

gyeomthestage: haha ok i might kms before jb can get 2 me

doubleb: just throw a cat at him that’ll stop him dead in his tracks

pepijy: u better not throw any damn cats u lot

pepijy: now stfu and think of a song

pepijy: one more ridiculous, memey, dumb or jokey suggestion and i’m kicking you out the chat. got it?

thebiggame: yes mom

doubleb: yes mom

gyeomthestage: yes mom

pepijy: good

thebiggame: how is this song?

thebiggame: [LINK]

doubleb: it’s alright

gyeomthestage: i like it

defsoul: i think it’s a bit racy for a school comp. good song tho

gyeomthestage: [LINK]

gyeomthestage: this one?

pepijy: too dubsteppy

otterjae: [LINK] would this be ok?

flyingmork: it’s nice but maybe too simple?

thebiggame: hyung’s right. it doesn’t have any pazzazz

doubleb: this is harder than i thought it would be

flyingmork: ur telling me

doubleb: we might not even get into the final round anyway. we might just need this love and that’s it

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Conversation: defsoul, pepijy

pepijy: i have an idea

defsoul: u dmed me? didn’t see this coming

pepijy: do u want to hear my idea or not?

defsoul: depends, is it any good?

pepijy: i think it is

defsoul: then shoot

pepijy: i was thinking instead of singing a song that already exits for the final why don’t we sing a song we made up?

defsoul: u want us to compose a song for the final?

pepijy: no

pepijy: i want us to sing one of the songs you’ve already composed urself

defsoul: ???

pepijy: don’t pretend like u don’t know what i’m talking abt. i’ve heard and seen u writing songs once before. i’ve heard u play them and sing them

pepijy: they’re pretty good

pepijy: and more importantly they’re good enough to get us to win the finals and will give us extra points for innovation, creativity and originality or whatever tf they judge us on

defsoul: u want to use one of my songs for the final if we make it through?

pepijy: that’s what i just said u damn idiot

defsoul: i’m surprised. i didn’t even know u saw me writing my songs let alone liked them + thought they were good enough to win the competition

pepijy: well i do so u know now

defsoul: do u know which song you’d like to use for it?

pepijy: no i don’t. i’d have to listen to them all and then make a decision

pepijy: it depends on u as well. which songs ur willing to share and which ones you feel confident in

defsoul: ur right ud need to listen to them all

defsoul: do u wanna come around to my house on friday? we can listen to all my song recordings there and pick which one we like most

pepijy: really?

defsoul: yeah

defsoul: if ur free

pepijy: i should be. what time?

defsoul: 6:30? you can come for dinner

pepijy: sounds good

defsoul: i’ll tell you the details tomorrow

pepijy: ok. should we tell the others we think we’ve found a song?

defsoul: my songs might not be suitable so we should let them find one just in case

defsoul: if we find a song that we like then we’ll tell them

pepijy: roger that

pepijy: is that the time already? i should be going to bed

defsoul: before you go to bed

pepijy: yes?

defsoul: ur the first person ive ever let hear my songs

pepijy: really? not even jackson or ur parents have heard?

defsoul: well yeah my parents have heard, it’s hard for them not to hear when we live in the same house. but apart from them i’ve never let anyone hear my music. ive never showed my songs to anyone. i never play them in public either. the time u heard me i must have been alone in the music room or smth

pepijy: u were. u were sitting playing on the piano and writing stuff down on sheet music, singing along as well

defsoul: exactly. i’ve never really been sure about showing my compositions to others before. but hearing u like them has boosted my confidence

pepijy: it’s no problem. i didn’t hear /that/ much of ur songs but from what i did hear they’re very good and u have nothing to be unconfident about

defsoul: thank u

defsoul: u know what actually?

defsoul: i’m glad ur the first person im showing my songs to :)

pepijy: i’m glad too :)

pepijy: now i should sleep

pepijy: goodnight

pepijy: jaebummie

defsoul: omg stfu im gonna kill jackson for saying that

defsoul: but goodnight anyway jinyoungie