The boy shook his head after taking a drink of his still-hot coffee, unable not to return the adorable smile Sumi had given him.
"It's not bad," said Ariel, raising his eyebrows for emphasis. He and his friends did have fun singing and dancing, and just spending time together choreographing and messing around, but, well, there was a certain way such work was portrayed - and a certain way it actually was, and there was quite a gulf between actuality and presentation. After all, it wasn't as if learning several songs' worth of lyrics and dance moves was something one accomplished in a couple hours. "I'm just saying it's not glamorous. But if you're okay with that, then that's brilliant. I'll tell everyone you're coming by."