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—— december 11, 2019

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  THE SOUND OF CLAPPING AND and cheering fills the studio for the Late Late Show, people seated near the back loudly clapping as Iris and Harry are seen sat in a table all the way at the front.

"How are you feeling about this?" Harry asks, sitting in front of Iris.

Iris laughs in disbelief, "I'm both amused and disgusted all at once. I just love how they made us do this before we go on and perform our perspective songs."

Harry scrunches up his face at the thought, "It won't end well if we throw up mid-performance, will it?"

She shakes her head, "I know our fans are looking forward to the performances, so it won't end up well for either us or James' cleaning crew. And I surely wasn't expecting to meet you through one of the most repulsive games ever created, yet here we are."

Both the crowd and Harry let out laughs.

"Also, just a question before we get started," Harry says, lifting up a finger, "Are you picking up on my accent or just mocking me?"

Iris laughs, covering her mouth with her hand and leaning back in her seat, "Oh, my god, no. Most people don't know this, but I lived in Westminster, London for a couple of years with my aunt; so I learned English there and I picked up on the accent as well." Harry lets out an 'ahh' of understanding, "It's not as obvious or prominent as it used to be, but it's still there. So, no—" She holds up a hand, "I'm not mocking you."

"Okay, just wanted to establish that or else this interaction wouldn't have gone well for either of us." Harry states, making Iris and the crowd laugh again, "Let's take a look at our options, shall we?"

Iris nods, but begins to cringe in disgust as Harry turns the table to demonstrate the different types of 'food and drinks' on display.

"We have bug trifle, jellyfish, giant water scorpion, 1,000 year old eggnog, cow blood and pork tongue jelly, cod sperm, salmon smoothie, and bull penis," The crowd lets out sounds of shared disgust at the look of each platter as Harry spins it around.

Iris covers her mouth once more at a failed attempt to hide her repulsed expression.

"So, I'll ask the first question, as the producers haven't shown us what the questions are," Harry states, a skeptical look shared between him and Iris, "And I'll choose a food you'll have to eat if you don't want to answer the question."

She hums in agreement, pursing her lips as she tries to gather her nerves and disgust.

Harry twirls the table around, trying to decide what she would have to drink or eat first, "I'll go with the... 1,000 year old eggnog!"

Iris throws her head back, practically laughing through the pain, "No!" She looks down at the drink, cringing, "I love how they put a cinnamon stick here, though, as if that was supposed to make it any better."

"Hey, it's the holidays!" Harry tosses his hands up, shrugging, "Go ahead and give it a sniff, just so you can get a feel of what happens if you don't answer the question."

She shakes her head looking up at the crowd as she brings it up to her nose and smells it, her hand immediately going up to her face to cover up the smell, "Oh, my god!" She shouts.

The Brit laughs, picking up a card from his side, "Let's begin, yes?"

As his eyes scan the card, he lets out a string of laughter, to which Iris responds with a groan.

"So," Harry starts, "You come from a company that was very small and...broke before your debut," Iris snorts at that, "Now that your company has skyrocketed with success and has debuted more groups, do you think that you brought that success to your company?"

She throws her head back, covering her face with both of her hands as the crowd laughs in anticipation.

Harry holds his hands up, sort of like a shrug, "Well? Will you answer or will you drink the eggnog?"

Iris looks down at the eggnog as she contemplates her decision for a second before sitting up straight in her chair, "You know what? I'll answer it," She claps her hands together, "I always do my best to be humble no matter how successful I've been, but everyone always tells me that the reason why my company has become so much more successful and bigger is because of me, so yes," She shrugs, "I do think I brought them that success."

Harry and the crowd let out 'ooo's' in unison, clapping at her proud answer, "Okay, now you choose something for me," He says once the clapping has settled down.

Iris looks down at her options for a second before twirling the table around, "I'll do the cod sperm," She says mischievously, a smile growing on her face now that it was his turn.

"All right, all in a day's work," He says blankly.

Iris picks up a card from the pile, letting out a chuckle as she skims the questions, "Now, I'm dying to know this one," She clears her throat, "Which songs on your last album were about your ex, Kendal Jenner?"

Harry slaps his hand over his face in immediate embarrassment to which she simply responds with fisting her arms in the air as a sort of victory.

The whole crowd is laughing alongside Iris as the Brit simply decides on not even regarding the question, simply tucking in a roll-up napkin into his dress shirt to begin eating.

"Ew!" Iris squealed as he cuts the cod with his knife, "Is it really that bad?!" She tries to stifle her laughter but can't help herself by the look on his face, "Just don't look at it!"

Harry throws up the hand that wasn't holding the fork, "Yes, because that fixes everything," He says blankly.

A beat of silence passes by as he contemplates his final decision before bringing the small piece of 'food' to his mouth and biting it.

Iris covers her mouth in both shock and amusement, watching Harry with anxious eyes as his eyes go back and forth from the table to the small trash bin that was beside each of their chairs, "Ew, just spit it out!"

He leans forward to grab it but then leans back in his chair, "To spit or to swallow is the question," He says before just grabbing the bucket and spitting it out.

He wipes his mouth with the napkin and takes a blank look at Iris before spinning the table around, "Let's just get this over with, yes? I'll give you the salmon smoothie." Harry reaches for another card but starts coughing, immediately shooting a hand out to apologize, "Sorry... cod sperm,"

Iris shakes her head in disgust, though a smile still sits on her face at the amusement and irony of it all.

"Okay, so, you are the highest paid K-Pop soloist in the world, who is the most unlikeable soloist?"

Iris laughs, though it's much more quiet this time as she looks down at her salmon smoothie. She chuckles before sitting up straight, "Some things aren't meant to be said," She grabs her cup and immediately takes a sip.

Harry shouts, clapping his hands in surprisement.

Iris gags at the taste of the smoothie, immediately reaching for her glass of water to drown out the taste, "That was repulsive!" She closes her eyes, the water not helping with the leftover taste, "I'm probably going to have the aftertaste of that throughout the rest of the night."

"I mean, it is a salmon smoothie," Harry shrugs, "Watching you drink that made me feel repulsed."

She puts a hand in front of her, "Now I really want this to be over with," The crowd chuckles at her reaction as she turns the table around, "I'll give you the bug trifle."

Harry takes a look at it, "I love how it's even decorated with more bugs on top of the whipped cream, or whatever that may be."

"Like that's supposed to make you feel better," Iris says, face contorted as she cringes. She picks up a card regardless, reading it to him, "Have you ever watched any of my performances?"

Harry chuckles nervously at the question, "I'm afraid to answer this because I don't want your fans to attack me,"

She laughs, "They won't! I'll make them promise not to!"

"Oh, wow, that's so reassuring." He shrugs, making her laugh harder, "Let's see, have I ever watched one of your performances?" He rubs his chin as he thinks, "I have! It's the one where you're dancing and singing in Korean!"

Iris snorts, clapping her hand against her forehead at his answer, "So you've basically watched all of them! Perfect!"

Harry stifles his laughter, cheeks almost a bright red as he spins the table back around, "Let's just go with a bull penis this time,"

"Ah, good ole' bull penis," Iris sighs, waiting for her questions.

He picks up a card, giggling after reading the question, "Okay, who is the most surprising celeb to ever slide into your DM's?"

Iris rests her chin on her palm, tilting her head in mild surprise, "I feel like I can say it but also can't at the same time?"

"Well that depends..." Harry shrugs, "...I don't know what it depends on, but I guess it depends,"

Iris looks at the crowd as she thinks, to which they reply with cheering, "Of course you want to know!"

"Is there someone you're thinking of?" Harry asks, to which Iris nods, "Is saying it worse than eating a bull penis?"

Iris lowers her head, "Probably," A bashful smile plasters onto her face as she contemplates her answer once again, "I'll just eat it!" She reaches for the piece of intestine, chewing on it before throwing the small piece into her mouth.

Harry fake gags as she chews through it for a moment before spitting it into the bucket, "It was so squishy!"

"Alright, what am I eating for our last question?" He asks, motioning for her to pick.

Through the bad aftertaste, Iris hums, "I'll give you the water scorpion," She decides, turning it towards him. She picks up a card, suppressing her laughter after reading the question, "Between Louis, Liam, Niall, and Zayn, rank their solo music—"

Harry cuts her off before she can finish the question, grabbing the scorpion and taking a huge bite of it mid-sentence.

The crowd laughs and cheers at his bite that he ended up spitting out to wrap up the segment all throughout the mixed noises of the crowd and Iris' laughing.

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notes
so this chapter was more on the experimental side?? i may unpublish but i also want to see what you readers thought abt it?? as i'll have to make content for iris basically from scratch i thought abt making a couple of 'chapters' like this throughout the book but i don't want to post them if readers think of them as boring or filler chapters

if you all could let me know what you thought or what you think may need to be improved to make these sort of chapters more entertaining pls let me know !! i'll take any feedback you're all willing to give :)

nonetheless i hope you enjoyed <3