ep. 511

NaRi stood with the rest of the group, smiling as she watched KwangHee and EunHyuk introduce them.

"let us introduce ourselves, one, two,"
"connect! hello, we're ENHYPEN!"

she smiled when EunHyuk said they all had beautiful faces, laughing when he called KwangHee's face "the after-party"

she 'stretched' when they were told to, stepping back when it was time for the boys to show off their stretching skills.

after Sunoo's splits, came HeeSeung's 'eye stretching' turn, NaRi staying beside HeeSeung to watch. she stepped back a bit to let only HeeSeung in the frame, about to compliment him when his eyes twitched, her fellow maknae calling it out. she attempted to conceal her laugh, lightly slapping Ni-Ki's arm. she waved Ni-Ki and Jay goodbye as they were forced to move to the end of the line, moving further back to be beside Jake.

"wow~ so handsome~" she called out, a smile forming on the elder's face.
she chuckled when he blinked, lightly clapping as a congratulations for the boy.

the girl waited for the MCs to call out HeeSeung's final price, a loud laugh erupting from her throat as they'd announced it was 56 cents. the MCs looked at her with concerned eyes, "her laugh sounds like someone's.." they said, their brains attempting to make some sort of connection.
"SEVENTEEN Dino senior?" one of the boys called out, the MCs faces lighting up when they'd realized.

the girl watched the sit-up battle between Jay and SungHoon with wide eyes, concealing her chuckle when SungHoon's score was indeed higher than Jay's.
she laughed along with the boys when SungHoon's final price was minus 380 dollars, clapping for Sunoo when his 20 had been the highest paid price.

as always, the girl performed Drunk-Dazed with no mistakes, unconsciously singing her parts aloud.

"impressive!"
"we enjoyed it!"
the MCs both said once the episode began again, the group also clapping for themselves.

the girl sat between Jay and HeeSeung, her head lifting higher than usual when she heard EunHyuk call her name. "now NaRi,"
"oh, yes?" she called out, her head slightly tipping to the side in a confused manner.
"your vocals are.. wow." was all he said, causing the boys to smile. the girl still held a confused expression.
"thank you...?" she questioned.
"did you not mean to sing while you performed?"
her eyes widened, "i sang?"
KwangHee and EunHyuk shook their heads in confirmation, her face now turning a light shade of red. "i didn't even realize.."
"do you sing all of the.. ad-libs and background parts?"
she shook her head in confirmation, "HeeSeungie-hyung and i are in charge of that."
"wow~ that's so cool. maybe we can talk about that more later, for now,"

the group began the global fan video segment, a light smile on her face as she watched the first two videos.

she saw the small girl's dance cover, a bright smile taking over her face as her eyes turned into crescents.

"how'd you like the second dance cover video, NaRi? you looked like you were going to burst?"
the boys laughed at her, her hands instinctively moving to cover her face. "... i think children are really cute! it made me happy,"

"the uncles at ENHYPEN said you were very cute- oh, i called them uncles," KwangHee said, the girl's eyes widening.
she stood up from her seat, a small "oof" sounding from her as she landed on the ground after jumping off the chair, placing her hands behind her back and a semi-awkward, boxy smile on her face. "yes, it is i, uncle NaRi."
the people in the studio all laughed at the girl, a small, accomplished smile on her face.

she nodded her head in agreement after JungWon said HeeSeung was the uncle, an unconscious pout on her face as she waited for the last video to appear.

she slightly jumped from the sudden screaming that sounded from the screen, "woah, so suddenly?" she whispered out, however the semi-scared expression on her face turned into an amused one as she laughed and clapped along with the members.

she watched the group on the screen's reaction to their Given-Taken music video, a small smile on her face everytime they cheered for another member.

"let's see, let's see for ourselves. pretend we're doing a reaction video." KwangHee told the leader, a small, mischievous grin taking place on NaRi's face as she knew what she had to do.
she watched as JungWon pretended to wipe blood from his nose, screaming loudly and collapsing onto HeeSeung's shoulder as she did.

the boys all laughed, looking at both NaRi and the MCs. she'd done close to the same thing as KwangHee, leaving both MCs surprised— her face switching back to normal as she lifted herself back to her chair, fixing her hair. she smiled in their direction, causing the two to laugh. "she's so different."

the boys could do nothing but agree with them.

"oh?" she quietly said as they now had to do a small part of Given-Taken, getting into her place. she, once again, sang her part unconsciously, the boys all hearing it now after not having heard her beforehand.

"there are questions from ENGENE that couldn't make it... it's time for 'Weekly Idol Fan Festival QnA'!"

"we could really see that ENHYPEN is loved by people all over the world,"
"you can see the flags here,"

her vision moved from the MCs to the board with flags, a small smile appearing when she saw the Mexico flag.

"if you became a father or mother and had to have a member of ENHYPEN as your son or daughter, who would you choose?"

she looked around at the boys, a playful dissatisfied look on her face. "what if i don't want any of them.."

"one, two, three!"
she pointed her pointer finger at JungWon, knowing he'd be the best behaved son, as he's already the best behaved member. (in her opinion, of course)

"why'd you choose him?"
"i want to educate him.." Ni-Ki said, a muffled laugh sounding from the girl.
"i can also speak to him in the non-honorific.."
NaRi still struggled to hold her laugh back, slightly turning to the side as to not be so seen.

"could we pick a second one? i had two in mind.." HeeSeung said, the MCs agreeing.
the members minus Sunoo and Ni-Ki all pointed their pointers towards NaRi, the girl pointing towards Jake.

"why does NaRi have so many?"
her mouth fell agape, a look of disbelief on her face. "why wouldn't i- oh wait that's rude," she interrupted herself, her mouth moving to cover her face once more.
the MCs mouths had also fallen into an O-shape, the boys holding back their laughs.
"NaRi's like our daughter already, well.. mainly HeeSeung and sometimes Jay." Jake cleared up, the MCs making noises of understanding.
she simply nodded, a small smile on her face.

"now, like we asked JungWon, NaRi!"
"yes?"
"pick someone to be your father!"
six of the boys all groaned, one with a triumphant smile already on his face.
"why this reaction?"
"we already know who she's gonna pick,"
"can't i just say?" she asked.
"no, no.. go and hug who you choose,"
the boys all closed their eyes, already knowing who the girl would choose.
NaRi walked from her spot directly towards one person, that person being HeeSeung.

the boys had little to no reaction, a small chuckle escaping NaRi.
"why is it so silent? is this who you all thought she'd choose?"
the boys all nodded their heads, HeeSeung included.
"why?"
"it's really weird but he's sort of like one of my father figures? even though we're close in age, he's kind of always been like that?" she said, a slight unsure tone in her words.
the MCs simply nodded in understanding, NaRi sighing. "you guys really did have no reaction, though.." she mumbled out, pouting.
with that, the boys all began to cheer, a proud smile taking over the pout she'd gained seconds before.
KwangHee and EunHyuk looked surprised, "oh~ it's because they don't want to see their baby upset!"

...

"all right, next is Indonesia!"
"'is there a member who likes to sleep in?'"

all pointer fingers went towards the same area, the MCs semi confused on whether it was Jay or NaRi.
"who voted for Jay?"
the other seven members all raised their hands.
"okay.. did anyone vote for NaRi?"
the seven boys all raised their hands.
"so.. it's both?"
all members nodded.

"these two are so~ hard to wake up in the mornings. it's impossible."
the members explained their struggles in waking the 4/20 babies up, "they say it's because they share a birthday, that's why it's so hard for us to wake these two up." SungHoon explained, the MCs agreeing almost immediately.

"next is Peru,"
"'which was your least favorite subject in high school?'"
"mine was... math?" Jay said, JungWon, SungHoon, NiKi and NaRi all agreeing.

"the worst subject, according to ENHYPEN, is Math!"
NaRi began cheering loudly, quietening down back to normal after three seconds. the MCs looked confused, the boys holding no reaction as they were used to the girl's strange behaviors.

"let's go to the UK."
"what is an object ENHYPEN members can't live without?"
when the question came to the girl, she shurgged. bringing her finger up to scratch the edge of her nose, she mumbled, "i don't really know.. can i skip this one?"
the MCs simply laughed at her request, nodding as they asked for HeeSeung's answer.

"the next one is from the Philippines,"
"i wish one of the members recite an acrostic poem with the word ENGENE."
she lightly chuckled as the boys all chose Jay to do the poem, knowing she wouldn't have done a good job at all if they'd picked her.
"wow~" she quietly exclaimed after hearing the older boy's poem, small claps following afterwards.

"next is from Indonesia,"
"if you hadn't become an idol singer, what kind of job do you think you'd have by now?"

the girl laughed as EunHyuk called Ni-Ki's imaginary goal 'off-side', clapping as she did out of habit.
once it came to HeeSeung's answer, she and Jake spoke at the same time, "HeeSeung-hyung speaks English really well,"
she looked over to the aussie boy, "ayy~ why you copyin' me?"
Jake laughed, "why you copyin' me?!"
their tiny bicker went unnoticed by the MCs, Jay laughing after being stuck in the middle.

she looked to her other side as they'd asked HeeSeung to greet worldwide ENGENE, a proud smile on her face as she heard the boy's nearly-fluent words flow off his tongue.

after HeeSeung, NaRi was asked the same question. "hm.. i think maybe a producer? or a dance teacher? something still in the industry but not as an idol, perhaps."
the MCs made noises of understanding after the girl's words, nodding their heads as well. "you already do some of those things despite being an idol, right?"
she nodded, "oh, yes.. i spend a lot of times with other idols who produce their own music and the company's producers, and i help the members with choreography during rehearsal, too."

"this is the end of 'Fan Festival QnA' sent by our global fans."
she lightly clapped along with the boys.

"ENHYPEN wrote on their self-profile that they wanted to play fun games. so, we really prepared fun games."

the girl lightly smiled as MCs talked about JungWon's request to battle against the MCs, slightly nervous to see what they'd planned.

"this game is only for ENHYPEN, called 'The ENHYPEN Flower Has Bloomed!'"
she clapped along with the boys, curiosity bubbling in her system.
"the theme is about going on a picnic. we prepared three rounds based on the picnic theme."

"you know the existing game, 'Hibiscus Flower Has Bloomed',"
"yes," they all answered.
"this is an upgraded version of that game."
"yes, it's no fun if you walk normally. we're going to sit on the moving sets."

"in the first round, you're going to drink soft drinks with a special straw. in the second round, you will wear a fashion item in 2021. in the third round, you're going to take a selfie. those are the rules of the game."

"you have to complete the mission and go to the tagger, pat him on the back and run away."
"yes. if you get caught while running, the hosts will be the winner of the round."

she laughed at EunHyuk's EunSain Bolt joke, slightly calming her nerves.

"let's start with round one, are you ready?"
"yes."
"all right,"

"i'm going to catch you right away, so you have to run away quickly! you'll be surprised!"

the girl sat on the roller seat, the straw glasses sitting strangely on her face. she smiled at the situation, knowing she looked insane.

"ready?"
EunHyuk blew the whistle, NaRi beginning to drink her drink as she quickly rolled towards KwangHee.
"the ENHYPEN flower has bloomed!"
she stopped as soon as she heard no more words being spoken, a calm expression on her face.

as soon as he'd turned around, the girl began rolling closer towards the host. as if their minds were always connected, NaRi and HeeSeung had remained going at the same pace through the game so far.

by the third turn around, the two were no longer captured in the same frame as the rest of the group, both instead extremely close to KwangHee.
"woah! when did you get here?"

the girl began internally screaming as Ni-Ki was called out, yet she couldn't let any emotion seep through her rock-hard surface.

"the ENHYPEN flower has bloomed!"
began that close to Ni-Ki and KwangHee almost got a reaction out of NaRi.

almost.

her mind once again began going crazy as two more members broke their stillness, the game getting a bit harder for the girl— however never impossible.

after KwangHee had turned around once more, the girl quickly chugged the remainder of her drink, a small smile threatening to make its way onto her face— she knew she had to resist, though.

as KwangHee said the phrase, she let HeeSeung move forward to tap his shoulder, her eyes widening as she pushed herself backward at almost lightening speed, dragging Sunoo along with her.
she silently screamed out a "NO" as she saw both HeeSeung and Ni-Ki suddenly becoming the main target, laughing aloud when KwangHee had missed Ni-Ki by a hair.

"ENHYPEN won the first round."
"woo~" she cheered, slapping the floor in place of her hands.

"he's our star player. just tap EunSain Bolt's back. are you all ready?"
"yes!"
"get ready now! ready? go!"

she was quick to scoot forward, eyes widening in surprise when she heard the phrase being said once again. oh shoot, forgot we're playing this game. her body immediately froze, the urge to laugh increasing as she watched Ni-Ki continue moving and hearing his "heehee~"
she allowed herself to laugh, the two maknaes making eye contact while laughing.

they started again, NaRi's determination once again turned up as high as possible. throughout the round, she kept her eyes trained on the ground, not wanting to make eye contact with EunHyuk as she knew she'd break from pure terror if she did. he's taking this game so seriously why is he so scary

once she reached the middle, NaRi grabbed a flappy-eared panda hat and put it on— however was caught in the middle of doing so as she had to freeze in order to not be caught. she stayed frozen for a few seconds, holding back her laughter.

NaRi found herself, once again, at the same place as HeeSeung, waiting for the elder to tap EunHyuk's shoulder. once he did, NaRi'd been quick to grab HeeSeung's hand, instantly rolling them to the side where she knew he wouldn't go. she watched as EunHyuk chased them better than KwangHee had, though she'd never say that aloud, and screamed "NO" when he touched Ni-Ki.

"the hosts win round two."

"we've played two rounds of 'The ENHYPEN Flower Has Bloomed'. from what we've seen, who touched the tagger in the first two rounds?"
NaRi pointed beside her, towards HeeSeung.

"you can come up with a plan and get EunHyuk smoothly. get ready. ready...set...go!"

once again, as if the two had connected minds at all times, NaRi and HeeSeung had stayed behind, taking their selfies without moving an inch. she made a flower pose, a small smile on her face as she did so.

she stayed frozen as EunHyuk inspected the group, moving a posing for another selfie as soon as he turned around, stopping herself with her foot as she saw the host turn around. this time, for the 'angry' selfie, she'd done a more serious face, clicking alongside the rest of the boys after EunHyuk had turned around after saying the phrase.

she was quick to advance forward, posing for a winking selfie as she turned to capture EunHyuk's head in the background. she was the first to achieve her mission, her rolls now becoming greater when they could. he's really taking this game seriously, oh my gosh..

"there are only five members left!"
her stone-cold face threatened to crack as she heard those words, knowing SungHoon had the best chance of cutting the chain to help them possibly win the last round.

she let out a small scream as SungHoon sliced the chain apart, rolling backwards at lightening speed to not be tagged.
"no!" she exclaimed, falling to the side after seeing SungHoon'd fallen and been caught.

"okay, round three, SungHoon was caught by EunHyuk. the hosts won with two rounds!"

"oh, today.. was another chaotic day."
"yes, it really was~"

"ENHYPEN, how was the carnival at 'Weekly Idol'?"
"you always greet us with fun games and let us have fun on the show, and we had a really great time today as well. thank you." Jake said, NaRi silently agreeing.

"ENHYPEN is more charming the more you look at them. we could see today why they're called the hottest global icon for a reason."
"that's right, i totally agree. we hope to see you do even better in the future, and we're letting you go now."

"this has been,"
"ENHYPEN!"
"goodbye!"

🦇 ... 끝!