When languidness draped over his originally fierce and sharp face, it became a gentler impression than usual.
Then he tossed and turned as if he didn’t want to get up, and slipped out of bed as if melting away, but in the fans’ eyes, his appearance looked like this:
Lonely Henzel Room
Where did our fierce giant maknae rascal go and who’s this shabby kangkang puppy
Fuck Baek Hanje’s younger charm is crazy
The t-shirt he’s wearing as pajamas is from the first concert goods sob sob look at the stretched-out neck
I guess it’s his favorite comfort clothes,,
“Ah, I should grab this.”
He turned on the camera issued to him and left the bedroom. When he came out, lights were already on throughout the house, making it bright.
His voice, tinged with sleepiness, began briefing slowly.
“Mm, today… there’s no special schedule, I’ll probably go to the company and work. Do some exercise in between, eat, and stuff like that.”
The way he talked to himself in vlog format was extremely natural. Even as he went in front of the coffee machine to pull a strong shot, went out to the terrace to drink coffee, he naturally conversed with the camera and spoke in a way that kept eyes glued to the screen.
“Everyone, make sure to eat breakfast… mm, if it’s ‘Same Sky’ broadcast time, is it evening? Then you should eat something delicious for dinner. Ah, I should start getting ready soon. I’m really going to be late.”
Then he naturally put the camera down in an appropriate spot and waved his hand again.
“I’ll be back after washing up.”
Lonely Henzel Room
Hanje take the camera with you, filming while washing is the law
↑Your Honor this dancing Appeach’s independent statement
Fuck am I the only one dying like this?
Why is our maknae so adult-like today? Is it okay for me, an unmarried woman, to feel empty nest syndrome while watching Henzel?
Baek Hanje, who seemed to be leaving, suddenly spun around and added one more thing.
“Please enjoy watching the broadcast I’m filming with my baby hoobae-nim. Now really, goodbye.”
The mischievous smile with wrinkles on his nose bridge was exactly the maknae fans remembered.
Watching their bias naturally oscillate between slyness and loveliness, fans pounded cushions with their fists and urgently tapped their phones and laptops.
As soon as Baek Hanje appeared, not only the fan chat rooms but the refresh speed of posts in various communities changed.
The same profession, but with a whopping 12-year gap—the appearance of a great senior and rookie hoobae was a somewhat fresh combination within a familiar format.
Since both guests had appeared, the screen switched and today’s guest introduction went out.
A group that needs no explanation, yACE’s maknae member Baek Hanje.
And Go Won, who made his name known by placing first in an audition program and made a splendid solo debut.
Their contrasting morning preparation scenes ended.
Afterwards, Go Won in the practice room, Baek Hanje in the studio. Scenes of them spending time in their respective spaces went out.
Thud, thud.
Go Won’s turn was first. Stuck in the practice room from early hours, he first practiced his two title tracks, then danced to another song, and then another.
Lonely Henzel Room
Wow he practices like he’s destroying his body
Is this the viciousness of a 0-year rookie?
Because Baek Hanje had personally mentioned asking to view his hoobae kindly, favorable reactions began emerging among yACE fans as well.
Those who were already practicing downward affection toward Go Won also began actively speaking up. As they did, the atmosphere in each community became lively again. Of course, a big reason was also that the room admin had mercilessly kicked out those who had crossed the line earlier.
Soon after, the screen reversed.
Baek Hanje sneakily came out from the studio.
“Hello, I’m here.”
He visited the A&R team with snacks and had a conversation, then.
“Hyung, what are you doing?”
“Why?”
“I’m bored.”
“Go play somewhere else.”
He pointlessly opened Kwon Taeyoung’s door and poked around.
Then he looked at his phone and started writing something intently.
Soon he rushed to the studio and moved his hands quickly while staring intently at the monitor.
An interview voice was laid over the video of him concentrating on work.
– When my mind is blocked, I do like wandering around aimlessly instead. Especially when I need ideas.
The mischievous and leisurely appearance from earlier was nowhere to be found—it was the face of a fastidious artist.
Lonely Henzel Room
Hanje that’s your song, say it like that
But is that how you write songs? lol lol lol Just a while ago I thought he was a jobless wanderer
Yes. If you write cooped up in a room, you only get works that look like they were written cooped up in a room
Extremely firsthand statement sob
As the two people’s morning time continued like that, a message arrived for Baek Hanje, who was absorbed in work.
[Mission] Try having a conversation with a colleague under the same sky!
Time limit: 2 hours
“Oof.”
Baek Hanje shuddered as if suddenly hit by a cold wind.
“How did you know I have trauma from these kinds of missions and time limits?”
He distorted his expression as if horrified, then let out a chuckle.
“Of course, if it stays this easy, I’d have nothing more to wish for.”
Baek Hanje immediately stood up.
“Then, I’ll proceed right away.”
The place he headed to was Go Won’s practice room.
Around this point, fans became curious.
They knew the two worked together. That Baek Hanje’s variety show appearance was close to goodwill toward his hoobae.
Then.
‘Just how close are they?’
They became curious about what kind of relationship these two people with completely different personalities actually had.
Faint singing leaked from inside the practice room door. Baek Hanje’s eyes narrowed as he recognized the song’s identity.
“Hmm.”
The song was <What a Waste>, which yACE released with a deliberate concept and shook up the charts.
With lyrics about everything except time stuck together with you being a waste, it was a song where sexy tension was the main dish.
Baek Hanje knocked on the practice room door. Since there was no way the knocking sound would be heard inside the practice room with music blaring loudly, he only observed formality and went inside.
Go Won turned around with a face drenched in sweat.
“Ah…”
“Hoobae-nim, hello?”
“Hello.”
The two greeted each other with scrupulous propriety.
They didn’t seem to be as close as expected.
“I got a mission, did hoobae-nim get one too?”
“Ah, let me check. …No. I didn’t get one.”
“Then it only came to me. Mm, it’s a mission that hoobae-nim needs to help with.”
“Yes? Ah, then right away…”
“The time limit seems generous so there’s no rush. But what were you doing? I heard our song.”
“Ah, yes. <What a Waste>’s choreography has a lot to learn, so I was copying the dance.”
“I see.”
“Sunbae-nim, may I ask you something?”
“Oh, what is it?”
“In the pre-chorus, the hand movement for ‘Cross the breath that rises from below to above’—how does it go?”
“……”
Baek Hanje was smiling peacefully. But fans were more than enough to notice the hidden meaning in that smile.
Anonymous Young Lady 23 Hanje lol lol lol lol lol lol fuck the expression of getting reality-checked hearing his own lyrics from a fresh-faced kid who just took off his school uniform
Anonymous Young Lady 71 But he also danced this when he was twenty-three lol lol lol
“Hoobae-nim.”
“Yes.”
“What is sexy?”
“Pardon?”
“What do you think sexy is?”
The hoobae was speechless at the senior’s sudden question. Baek Hanje gazed at his hoobae somewhat pressingly while waiting for an answer.
“Well… sexy is, I think it’s the yACE sunbae-nims.”
The hoobae came up with an answer considering social life.
“You’re looking for sexy externally.”
“……”
“As long as hoobae-nim hasn’t found sexy within yourself, I cannot teach you.”
“Pardon…?”
“That verse is a part handled by Kwon Taeyoung-ssi, who overflows with sexy from within. It’s for the same reason that hoobae-nim couldn’t enlighten yourself to the dance.”
“…! I see.”
Go Won nodded as if entranced.
“Then, shall we go eat together for Go Won hoobae-nim’s growth? Actually, that’s the real mission.”
“Ah…! Yes, understood.”
Anonymous Young Lady 47 No Won-ah that’s the end?? What do you do accepting it
Anonymous Young Lady 33 lol lol lol lol lol Is Hanje sunbae okay with this
Anonymous Young Lady 89 Look at Baek Hanje smoothly getting away with it, exactly the same as old times lol lol lol lol
The two headed to a restaurant together.
Keeping to an idol’s duty, it was a meat restaurant good for protein intake.
Baek Hanje took the menu and didn’t show it to Go Won. Instead, he asked strangely.
“Beef, pork, half and half mixed. Choose from the three.”
“Pardon?”
“Those are your only options. If you prefer random, want to choose from 1, 2, 3?”
“Ah, no…”
Go Won began deliberating.
“Hoobae-nim, do you know there are restaurants with time limits for choosing menu items?”
“There are places like that?”
“Yes. Closer than you think.”
“Ah… Seoul indeed. Do they kick you out if you can’t choose?”
“No. Not that, but 29, 28, 27, 26… When the time limit ends, my mission ends in failure.”
“What?”
“20, 19…”
Uh…!
Go Won, whose pupils were busily trembling, finally said urgently.
“M-mixed?”
Baek Hanje nodded and pressed the call bell.
“This, this, and this. Two servings each, please.”
The menu was never exposed to Go Won until the end. After the order went through, Go Won asked with an anxious face.
“How much did you have left?”
“Now it’s 5…”
“Ah, thank goodness. That was close.”
“50 minutes. We can eat quite leisurely.”
“Pardon…?”
“Eat well. Ah, earlier I was talking about 51 minutes 29 seconds. This is why people who write lyrics are a problem. They end up speaking concisely.”
