CORTIS hasn't even reached their first anniversary under HYBE, yet they are already exhausted, but ready for more. After a long afternoon of practicing vocals for a song Juhoon and Keonho returned to their shared dorm to rest while James and Seonghyeon repeat the choreography in front of the big mirrors in the practice room over and over again.

The building is quiet, it's past 9pm and they've been working hard. She sits on the floor beside Martin,a laptop open in front of them with the unfinished song that they've been working on the whole day open and playing softly in the background. Normally, she would be singing along or adding vocals, as she's the main vocalist and, but instead, her hands stay still and her attention is drifting, her mind clearly somewhere else. Martin notices this, and he reached out to stop the track, he looks at her with soft concern, his voice warm.

Martin: "you've been distracted. Are you okay?"