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Karamo waited for the others to settle down before he began reading from the tablet. Jonathan was driving and he did not want to give him more than one distraction at once.
“Calm down people! Jesus…”
It took a few moments, but finally Tan and Antoni stopped bickering, allowing him enough quiet to begin.
“So, our Hero this week is 21-year-old Jisung Han.”
He paused for a moment with a frown.
“I hope I pronounced that right… He is 5’7’’ and weighs 132 pounds.”
Here it was Bobby’s turn to comment.
“Short and tiny, very cute.”
Jonathan squealed happily.
“God yes, so cute.”
Once again Karamo waited for them to quiet before he continued.
“He is a rapper and producer and has over 100 song credits to his name, some of them even reaching the Billboard hot 100.”
All of the guys couldn’t help but marvel at this.
“That’s a lot! And he is still so young!”
Tan was the first to comment aloud. Karamo nodded with an impressed look on his face.
“He was nominated by the two other members of his production team 3racha. They say that he is a sweet and kind person who despite his success, attractiveness and great personality has pretty low self-esteem. They hope we can help him see how amazing he is!”
Antoni nodded with a thoughtful look on his face.
“To have achieved so much at such a young age is truly incredible. We definitely have to show him how amazing he is.”
The whole group cheered in agreement.
The car pulled up in front of a studio, two young men were waiting outside. One wearing black t-shirt and jeans and the other in a white shirt and blue jeans, both men are fairly muscular but the one in black more obviously so. The one in the white shirt steps forward to greet them as the fab five clamber out of the car.
“Hey! I’m Chris, nice to meet you. I guess you could say I’m the leader of 3racha.”
He happily hugs the fab five as they descend on him with hugs and greetings, before gesturing to the other guy.
“This is Changbin, he is the third part of 3racha.”
Changbin who had been standing further back smiles, revealing a sweet expression on his rather intimidating face.
After another round of greetings and hugs Karamo began to speak.
“So, tell us about Jisung. What do you think he needs help with?”
Chris sighed and shook his head with a fond smile.
“What doesn’t he need help with… Professionally Jisung is one of the best people to work with, he’s incredibly reliable and he is confident in his abilities while still being able to work well with others. In his personal life he is frankly a mess... He only wears oversized clothing; his apartment is a disaster, and he exists on junk food. He also really struggles with self-confidence.”
Changbin continued as Chris finished.
“He has pretty bad anxiety, which isn’t his fault of course and he is really a great person, we want him to see that.”
Bobby smiled at the two young men.
“Well, he has obviously inspired some serious loyalty in you two, so I look forward to meeting him.”
Antoni continued the questioning.
“What is something that makes him so special to you?”
Chris thought for a moment before answering.
“He feels very deeply and not just for himself. One of the reasons he started writing music was because he wants to show people that they aren’t struggling alone, that other people are struggling through the same things as them. It takes a lot of courage to be so open about your struggles the way he is.”
Changbin nodded.
“In real life he is very shy and keeps things quite close to the chest, but when he is writing he shares so much of himself in hopes that someone will hear and be comforted by it.”
Tan frowned thoughtfully
“What do you mean when you say struggles?”
“He has had a lot of mental health problems, mostly anxiety and depression.”
The 3racha leader gave a sad smile and Karamo leaned over to hug him.
“I understand it sucks to see a friend go through something like that and it is amazing how open he is about it.”
Changbin nodded seriously.
“Of course, there are still things he doesn’t talk about, I know there is some stuff he struggles with at the moment that he doesn’t want to show connected to his feelings of self-worth. We were hoping you could help with that.”
Bobby smiled.
“We will try our best.”
Together they headed into the building stopping in front of a door marked ‘The squirrel’s den’.
“This is his studio.”
Chris laughed at the fab five’s questioning faces.
“One of his nicknames has always been squirrel, so he decided to be funny and name his studio after it.”
He knocked and pushed open the door before the fab five could respond.
The studio itself was impressive, with records hung around the walls as well as posters and other merchandise. However, it was the rooms occupant who held the fab five’s attention.
He was sat at a desk on the other side of the room but had turned his chair to face the door at the knock.
Jisung looked up at the fab five with wide eyes, his round cheeks adding to his innocent appearance. His dark brown hair was trapped under a black cap that he wore backwards on his head and his slender frame was swamped by the massive hoodie he was wearing. He waved at the group awkwardly.
“Hey.”
Jonathan immediately rushed over offering him a hug, which he awkwardly accepted, and the others soon followed suit.
“May I take of your hat honey? I wanna see what I’m working with.”
Jisung nodded and Jonathan pulled off his hat with a flourish immediately cooing over his soft hair and lamenting over it being hidden under a hat.
“It’s so pretty babe! Why are you covering it up?”
Jisung laughed sheepishly somewhat overwhelmed by all of the attention.
“Habit, I guess?”
Meanwhile Tan was looking at his outfit.
“Oh, you are drowning in this Hoodie!”
It took a few moments for the group to settle but they soon calmed.
“Are you ready for this Jisung? We have permission to kidnap you and take you home so we can have a look around your apartment.”
Jisung nodded hesitantly.
“I guess?”
“Close enough”