" 김나리 "

the girl turned on the live, making sure it was on before sitting on her knees in front of the device. she shyly smiled as she watched the viewer count go up, comments beginning to appear. it'd been a few months since she'd last done a solo vlive, hence why she could feel her heart beating through her chest.

there were soon a few ten thousand viewers, NaRi deciding to finally speak.

"hello~" she lightly said, waving with her covered hands. "hi~"

mi reina 🥺🥺 how are you my love
baby!!!!! i missed you so much 💖

she shyly giggled at the comments her eyes had caught, "i'm good~ how are you all?"

a few minutes of NaRi's shyness wearing off passed by, the girl attempting to get a hang of what she'd been knocked out of.

"mm, today," she began, scratching her nose, "it's been a very long time since i've come on by myself, and it's Thanksgiving in the states! so~ i've come on for a while to greet ENGENE after a long time," she said in Korean, soon translating her words into English.

"so~ so, you can ask me some questions, and i'll answer.. i guess?" she said, chuckling afterwards, covering her face with her hand. "ah, i'm sorry, i feel so awkward,"

How was the recovery with the boys?
how did you spend your time during the hiatus/recovery?

her eyes slightly widened upon reading the first two questions that she'd caught, wondering if ENGENE had found out exactly what'd happened to her. she decided to brush it off, realizing she could be the one reading into it too much.

"how'd i spend during my break?" she rephrased the two questions together, "i rested, a lot. the boys nor our managers- no, actually, BangPD wouldn't let me leave the house or come to the company," she said, chuckling, "i also.. worked on a lot of songs and choreographies.. hm.. i made a lot of new recipes.. did some online shopping.. and studied!" she finished listing off what she could remember doing. "i kept myself busy every day," she said, showing a thumbs up.

Is the bitch who did that to you suffering in hell?

she'd grabbed the phone to fully read the comment, loudly laughing afterwards. "yes!" she answered, somewhat confusing everyone on what or who she'd answered yes to.

What is your height?

"my height? i think i'm..." she trailed off, not remembering how tall she was even though she'd been measured a few days prior.

she looked behind the camera, at HeeSeung who'd been given permission to monitor her live, "hyungie," she called out, gaining the boy's attention, "how tall am i?" she asked, the boy immediately signing 5'3 with his hands.

her eyes brightened at his answer, "i'm 5 foot 3 inches!" she said, covering her mouth in surprise afterwards, "no wonder Sunoo hyung calls me gremlin," she laughed, looking at the phone for more comments.

What's your Favorite thing to eat

"oo! my favourite thing to eat?" she read, putting her hand on her chin as she looked up, beginning to think of her response, "i don't think i have a favourite.. i like a lot of foods!"

Any chance of lavander hair color?

"oo~ lavender?" she said, looking at her dyed ginger hair. "that could be cute! maybe soon~"

who's ur favorite hyung😋
favourite hyungie?

"my favourite hyung? are you guys trying to get me killed?!" she laughed, glancing at the phone to see people asking her to name her favourite from the groups she was friends with.

"from each group?! you all are insane," she began, "but i like it and none of them could ever stay mad at me so let's go,"

she rubbed her hands together like an evil scientist would, "okay, ENHYPEN.. i live with these people so i'm gonna leave this to your guys' imaginations.." she giggled, reading the comments to see people 'yelling' at her, "you guys can't get mad at me! i need a place to sleep tonight!"

"now, BangTan hyungs.." she trailed off, thinking of her response, "i dunno! none of them could talk BangPD into letting me to go to LA with them.. so none at the moment," she grinned triumphantly, knowing she'd get a text later.

"ToBaTo.. Soobs hyung. he hasn't thrown me off his bed this week, unlike the others,"

"SEVENTEEN.. oo, this is hard.. i've been in contact with China line hyungs a lot more these past few weeks.. and they both promised to bring me food back, so probably them," she cheekily smiled.

"the pirates.. they've all been so mean to me lately! but... YunHo hyung brought me boba today, so him!"

"the kids.. Jinnie and Bok hyungies," she jokingly winked towards the camera, immediately getting a text in the group chat she had with the group. "oops.. i'm in trouble," she nervously chuckled, turning DND mode on.

"Neo hyungs.. right now, it's Japan line, plus Mark," she said, giggling after remembering the tiktok sound, "yeah,"

"cravity~~ mm.. MinHee hyung never leaves the list.. so he's the most consistent one since he never makes me mad," she smiled.

"cix.. YongHee hyungie has been exceptionally nice to me lately,"

"Day6.. i'd say SungJin hyung since he can't.. really.. annoy me. Brian hyung is enlisted and is still annoying oh my gosh," she giggled at her own response, knowing she'd get a text from a specific male claiming to not be annoying later on.

"the 7's! Mark hyung!" she immediately answered, not giving a second look to the camera before thinking of another group.

"EXO.. probably.. Chen hyung?" she said, nodding afterwards.

"the Monstas... Wo-" she began, closing her mouth as she realized who she was about to name.

she quickly snapped out of it, though, "Seokie hyung!" she responded, referring to the same member with his legal name.

"SHINee.. y'know, the military really did something to all of them! not Key hyung.. he's always been the number one NaRi anti.." she trailed off, playfully rolling her eyes, "so right now it's definitely TaeMinie hyung,"

"someone said piwon! i can't say Seobie since he's younger than me.. so.. hm! i actually can't think of who it is," she admitted, shrugging.

"The Boyz~~" she lightly sang out, "probably Hak or Jacob hyungs.." she trailed off, opening her mouth to say something, however closed it knowing the group would treat her to convince her to name them as her favourite hyung, and she felt a bit hungry.

"TREASURE! hm... probably~" she dragged out, lightly giggling afterwards, "everyone besides Trav and Sasa hyungs," she confidently finished, playfully winking again.

"VICTON... ooo! the Seung hyungs!" she said, in reference to the two eldest members.

"someone asked for TO1.." she trailed off, "i'd say Chan hyung! we've been working closely these last few months because of his mixtape, and the others are so..." she trailed off, finding the words to say before she gave up. "yeah."

"JUSTB.." she read another comment, "SangWoo is my answer but he's not my hyung so.. no one!" she said, looking at the camera in a humoured way, "did you think i'd say Geonu or JM hyung?" she asked, giggling afterwards.

"and~ ASTRO hyungs!" she exclaimed, "probably... Rocky hyung? we've started practicing together a lot more recently.. and he's the only one that defends me when JinJin or Sanha make fun of me," said, lightly pouting.

she read the comments again, one asking about her I-LAND hyungs. "someone asked about my I-LAND hyungs! i'd say... YoungBinnie hyung," she answered, smiling as she nodded once.

haruto or riki?

her cheeks flushed upon reading the three words, aware of said Japanese boys being two of her highest romantic ships. "someone asked haruto or riki...." she trailed off for the nth time, only nodding in an incredulous way at the camera. she then chuckled, "i'll leave this unanswered,"

her head turned towards the door as she watched the maknae walk in, a teasing smile on his face as she covered her own. he sat beside HeeSeung, going unnoticed by the live. she stayed with her head resting on her knees for a few seconds, waiting for the blush on her face to settle.

she raised her head up soon after, shaking her head as she looked for more questions.

Can i steal niki away from you? I heard he likes to cuddle in his sleep.. Im an professional cuddler

she glared her eyes for a second, moving her face to the side where the younger sat. she made grabby hands at him for a second before catching his attention, the boy standing to go to where she sat.

he crouched beside her, looking at the girl. she protectively wrapped her arms around his figure, bringing him even closer towards her, "someone asked if they can have you because they heard you like to cuddle in your sleep and they're a professional cuddler," she translated, the boy chuckling at the jealous tint of her tone.

he leaned down, pressing a lingering, though quick, peck on the girl's cheek, "noona is my favourite cuddler," he said, glancing at the camera. she grinned, unwrapping her arms from his build before he stood up, returning to sit beside HeeSeung.

could you cover that one tiktok that yeonjun did yesterday!??!!??

"oh, hyungs tiktok? i saw it before he posted it.. i was the one who filmed it, so you're welcome," she winked, giggling afterwards. "he actually filmed by dance to the same song.. i'll post it right now!" she said, exiting out of the vlive app on her phone, going to tiktok.

she quickly found the video, adding a caption saying i'm the baddie tho before posting it. she smiled as it officially uploaded, "you're welcome~"

show us the fit 😫

"the fit! i forgot my fit check earlier,"

"not much~" she said, bringing her foot up to show her shoes as well.

she hummed an unfamiliar song as she scrolled through the comments some more.

"some people are asking for me to cover some songs... should i?" she asked rhetorically, though the comments were all suddenly spammed with 'yes' and multiple songs and artists. she giggled, "i'll take it as a very big yes,"

itzy not shy but sbs daegu ver 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️

"oh! i've been meaning to cover this one!" she began, searching for the performance through youtube, "unnies practiced it when i was with them before the event, it looked so cool and i asked Ye 언니 to show me,"

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the girl danced along to mainly RyuJin's original parts, sometimes mixing in the original center's move.

she finished the dance, taking fast, tiny steps to crouch where she was sitting earlier. she flashed a big smile to the camera, "their outfits that day were so cute! i took a picture with them after our performances," she giddily admitted, scrolling through the comments.

HAVE YOU WATCHED RYUS AOTM ??!?!? PLEASE DO IT I BEG 🛐🛐

she read the comment aloud, giggling throughout. "i have something to confess~" she sang out, watching as the now rapidly paced comments asked what she was talking about.

she leaned into the camera, covering her mouth as a child would do when sharing a secret, "i choreographed the dance," whispered, covering her mouth as her eyes widened in playful shock. she stayed like that for a second, giggling afterwards. "언니 asked if she could post a picture of both of us when she shot the Studio Choom, but i told her to wait until i told you guys,"

of course, the choreography credits are given at the end of every video, however she'd never disclosed her original artist name, reiarr, so everyone had practically turned a blind eye to it. this, however, let everyone know she was the mastermind behind many idols' hits.

she played the original song, signalling for Ni-Ki to come out and help as he'd been her 'prop' when coming up with the dance during her break.

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she smiled as the song ended, "언니 looked so cute at the end,"

she hummed the same unfamiliar tune as she looked for more song requests. "someone said... 24H! i'll do that one!" she pulled up the song, scanning through her mind for the choreography she'd learned a year ago. "ah.. what was it?" she suddenly spoke aloud, moving backwards to where she always stood for her covers.

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she'd decided on following along with Dino's original parts, a satisfied smile on her face once the song ended.

ATEEZ ATEEZ ATEEZ 🛐🛐🛐

she giggled once her eyes scanned the now disappeared comment, "ateez?" she said aloud, hoping someone would comment a suggestion. "oh! i can do.. Deja Vu?"

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the girl always had a hard time deciding who's original parts to follow along with while dancing to the group's songs, though today she'd decided to dance to SeongHwa's part.

"very cool~" she said as she finished, puffing her cheeks as she searched for another suggestion.

nari independent woman era red lights plsplspls

she laughed out loud as she read the comment, deciding to put the song on without either of the boys knowing, knowing they'd object and make her turn it off.

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the girl improvised the beginning of the song, seeing as there was no choreography she could do without someone else and a chain, confidently moving once it came to the choreographed sections.

the boys behind the camera had frozen upon hearing the familiar chain sounds at the beginning of the song, though didn't move as they wanted to see what NaRi could do with such a song.

she finished the song with a shy smile, turning the song off as she covered her face with her hand. "what did i just do," she mumbled, chuckling at her own flustered state.

nari do u know t1419?!?!

"T1419? yes! i'm a big EDELWEISS," she said, giving a genuine closed-mouth smile.
she scrolled through their songs, eventually deciding to cover EXIT.

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since the choreography was relatively easy for the girl, and she'd listened to the song enough times to have it completely memorized, NaRi rapped and sang along to the song to the best of her ability.

"waa~ i wanna become their friend! they seem like they'd be good hyungs," she cheekily admitted, hoping what'd happened with the boyz would happen with them.

TIP TOE CHALLENGE THING PLS

"tip toe..?" she asked, wondering what the comment was asking for, "oh! Ye and Chae 언니s did it a little bit ago!"

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the girl did virtually the same as what ChaeRyeong originally did. the small clip of the song eventually finished, NaRi crashing on the floor with a reddened face, then screaming.

"what are you guys making me do,"

sing that one spanish tiktok sound!!!!!

"the Spanish one..? oh! lo que construimos?" she asked, looking up the song. she pulled up the instrumental, then looking up the lyrics to the song. she skimmed through, making sure there weren't any curse words. she raised her eyes to the camera, raising an eyebrow in suspicion, "who's got you so sad?"

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the boys behind the camera, at one point, turned their flashlights on, swaying back and forth while she sang. her voice had threatened to crack with a giggle upon seeing them, however she was able to contain it.

viewers freaked out, while being stunned at how perfectly she'd mended her voice to fit the original key of the song.

pudieras cantar 'nuestra canción' porfis 🥺

she read the comment in Spanish, then translating it into English, "i need someone to sing it with me if i do.. i don't wanna just make my voice lower for the guy's part this time," she giggled, eyes slowly shifting towards the boys sat behind the camera.

"hyung~" she called out at the eldest, the boy looking around him, pretending to search for who she was talking to. Ni-Ki laughed at his action, while NaRi pouted. "please~" she drew out, "you and Jae hyung are the only ones who know it, but you're right here!"

"i'm not-"
"don't say you're not confident.. we sing it together every day and your pronunciation is so good!" she rambled out, the boy finally giving in.
he sighed out, "fine,"
she clapped in victory, making grabby hands at the boy until he sat beside her.

"before we start!" she said, HeeSeung covering his face with his hands as he knew what she was about to say.
she giggled, "he doesn't want anyone to know this yet, but i've been teaching him Spanish for the past few months!" she excitedly exclaimed, HeeSeung looking at the girl with a pout.

she cupped his cheek with her hand for a split second, "if you squint, he has a little lisp when he says his 'S' in Spanish for some reason, i think it's so cute," she cheekily said, HeeSeung deadpanning at the girl.

"suddenly i don't wanna sing with you anymore," he said, though NaRi cut him off.
"no song."
his jaw dropped upon hearing the girl's two words. "i've never wanted to sing more than i do right at this moment!"

she smiled in victory, turning on the song.

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the pair sang the light-hearted, lovely song with a smile on their faces, HeeSeung being able to clearly dictate the foreign language.

once the song finished, she smiled the biggest she'd smiled in a while, hugging the older.

fíjate que sí babe pls <3 i need my new heartbreak anthem

"who hurt y'all?!" she exclaimed, sounding the most American she had since debut. she giggled at her own words after a while of simply staring at the camera, deciding to give in.

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the Banda genre song rang through the studio, the two boys enticed by the version of the girl they'd hardly gotten to see. she sang the song as if she really had someone to say the words to, even though she'd simply pretended.

the final note faded out, the girl turning the song off. "it'd be fun to write the opposite of that song.. like, the girl version?" she thought aloud, nodding afterwards.

she checked how long she'd been on the live, the timer on her phone showing it'd already been nearly an hour.
"oh! it's been a while since i came on,"

when she says that it always means she's ending it ☹️☹️☹️☹️

she chuckled, "correct!" she exclaimed after reading the comment aloud.
"i can do.. one more song! and that'll be it.. so choose carefully~"

happier than ever pretty pls <3

"y'all need therapy.. i'll do it though,"

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considering the time she'd spent listening to the cover for the past three weeks, the words were practically engraved in her mind.

NaRi being NaRi meant never cursing on camera. she wasn't about to ruin her 'innocent idol' persona today, so she replaced the curse words with either hums or by turning her head from the mic and not saying anything at all.

her mellow voice resonated through the large room and bounced off the walls, making the boys feel like they were in one of those reverbed songs the girl frequently listened to.

the final song ended, NaRi turning it off with a small, saddened smile.

she returned to her spot in front of the camera, "well~ it's time for me to get off now," she called out, smiling as the comments began flooding with pleads for her to not go.

"as i said in the beginning, it's Thanksgiving in the states today! my family is there right now, so i've to go call them as well, but to our overseas, American ENGENE, happy thanksgiving! i'm very grateful for you all and i know i'm speaking for the seven boys when i say that as well," she said, smiling throughout.

she leaned up to the camera, placing her arms around it as if she was hugging everyone watching, "thank you for today~ and for welcoming me back in a heartfelt, loving way~"

she backed up, "stay safe, stay warm, stay healthy! drink your water~ wear your masks~ anddd.. i love you! bye bye~" she said, waving and blowing kisses once she stopped speaking.

Ni-Ki leaned forward, turning the live off once she'd done the same thing.

the girl breathed out, laying on the floor, "i forgot how tiring that was," she said, dramatically rolling on the ground.

the boys simply watched her, chuckling as they knew she was doing this from shyness.

"you did well, baby,"

🦇 ... 끝!