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We are here outside, as I mentioned, having a bonfire. The cameramen are in front of us, and we also have the camera in our hands. We changed our clothes and put on jackets because it's cold.

"Hello again. The sun is already out, so we are here to have a bonfire and relax for tomorrow," Yeji said, with background music playing—'HOW YOU LIKE THAT' by Blackpink. My body moves along with the music.

"Ha, how you like that? ~ Woo," I sang.

"You gon' like that, that-that-that, that, that-that-that, that. How you like that? ~ Bada bing, bada boom, boom, boom. How you like that, that-that-that, that, that-that-that, that? ~" Yeji sang, and I joined her.

We jammed with the song until the end.

"Blackpink is an iconic girl group, I must say," I commented.

"Yeah, their songs are popular until now. Speaking of songs, JM here can play the acoustic guitar, so we prepared a song for the viewers and fans. He will play the guitar, and we'll jam. This is for the night, and see you tomorrow," Yeji announced as a staff handed me a guitar. We squatted on the sand.

They gave us a mic and set up a spot for the guitar so that it could be heard.

We sang a song:

"The memory that was pounding my heart It is now gone My memories are like the moon They make me smile today...

...I'll be there (Yeji & JM)."

So we finished singing that.

"Goodnight," we both said and waved at the cameras, and it was a wrap. We stood up, bowed to the staff, and thanked them. Our manager came over and handed us blankets.

"Goodnight, Yeji," I said.

"You will sleep already?" she asked.

"Yeah. I'm tired right now. You?" I inquired.

"Oh, I'm gonna video call my members and then sleep," she said.

"Then, say hi for me," I said, and she nodded as we went our separate ways. I'm in my room now, removing my makeup to get some sleep.

...

It's already morning, and we are in a room. Yeji is not here yet, so I sat down as the staff prepared.

"JM, tonight you and Yeji will go back to Seoul with us, of course. I'm telling you to have some fun here, okay?" the director said.

"Of course, thank you and I will," I replied, giving a thumbs up. The makeup artist called me, and I still had the cameramen around me. I smiled at them, using only light lipstick. This is my bare face without makeup. The makeup artists were amazed at my face; they kept telling me that I'm still handsome even without makeup.

"Oh, you look handsome, JM," one of them said.

"Thanks. You shouldn't say that to me every time you start to make up me," I said shyly.

"Don't be shy. That's true. You have the visual. That's why you have a lot of fans that quick," she said.

"And you're talented too. Your future girlfriend or the girl you like is lucky to have you," the other makeup artist added. One is older and married, the other has a boyfriend, probably a future husband. She has a fiancé right now. So she's working with her boyfriend to save enough money for them.

"Thanks, I should say," I replied, smiling.

"They're done," they said. I stood up when it was done. Yeji is here too. All are ready now.

"Ok, get ready," the director said. We are in our positions, and I cough to signal ready.

"1..2..3!"

"Hello, everyone! We are Yeji of ITZY..."

"...And JM, the solo artist," we waved at the camera.

"We are here to play inside games," Yeji said.

"After that, if we finish the games, we will have challenges outside," I continued.

"So here they are preparing the game," Yeji said as we looked at the game—a dice and a board with question marks and challenges.

"What's this? We just remove this sticker?" Yeji asked. The game instructor nodded.

"So, these question marks are questions. Whoo~ I hate this challenge. Who put this?" I pointed at the square with the 'Cute challenge.' I really hate it.

Yeji showed it to the cameras. "I wish you would stop on this challenge," she smirked. I glared at her.

"No way. You start first," I gave her the dice.

"No, you go first," she said.

"Rock, paper, scissor, then," I suggested.

"Okay, rock, paper, scissor!~" And guess what? She goes first.

She threw the dice, and it's a 4. Oh, it's on the question mark.

"What could it be? Oh yeah, what if we don't want to do the challenge?" I asked.

"There will be a consequence," the game instructor said.

"I have a bad feeling about that CONSEQUENCE," Yeji said, and she read the question.

"What if you're not an idol, what is your work now?" she read and thought about it.

"Huhhh... maybe a dance instructor? Yeah, a dance instructor. How about you, JM?" she asked.

"Me? I will not answer that because it's for you," I said.

"Hey, they need to know too," Yeji pushed me with her shoulder.

"Okay... umm... a chef," I answered.

"Why a chef?" she asked. I looked at her.

"Aish... I'll just roll the dice," I said, ignoring her question.

"Why is she questioning me? Tsk tsk," I pointed at her, and the number I got was 2. My face stopped when I saw the challenge. Yeji laughed at my reaction.

"Haha... come on, Cute Challenge. JM cute version!" she teased as she clapped.

"I really hate this~ Can I roll the dice again?" I asked, looking at them, but they were all laughing.

"Aish, okay," I said and straightened up. Yeji went to the front to see me. She was eager to see me do a cute thing.

A song played, Gwiyomi. So I acted cute and hid my face.

"Cute~ JM~" Yeji teased as she patted my back. I sat again.

"I will never do that again," I said embarrassed!

"Oh really~" she teased.

"Guys, never trust him with his words," Yeji said as we continued the game until we were on the beach swimming. The challenge was so easy—we had to surf and do other challenges which Yeji and I did successfully.

After the challenges were done, the entertainment, and everything else, it was time to go home.

As we were now in Seoul, it was expected but unexpected. At the airport, there were so many people that made us struggle to get to the car—continuous pictures, calling my name, etc. Yeji was in front, and guards were protecting us from fans. Yeji was a good distance away to prevent any fake news.

I expected fewer fans, though. How did they even know that we went to Jeju? And how did they know when we would go home?

Finally, we were in our car. It's time to rest and continue the MV filming after tomorrow.

...

After several days had passed, it's the day that NEW BORN officially debuted—the 1st anniversary for me. The good news is that I'm gaining a lot of subscribers and followers on all of my official social media accounts. For the 'Trap' MV, it gained 230 million views, which I didn't expect. I'm more popular than TXT, which is... I sigh; I don't know.

I did a VLive on YouTube, and the MV was released when I finished the live. So, what I did is watch the MV right now. After watching, I was amazed at myself. I looked at the cameraman who was filming me.

"I just finished watching the MV, and..." I smiled and leaned my back. "I'm amazed at the MV editing and the way it was filmed, and to the props. I never expected it to be like this," I gave a thumbs-up. "Amazing," I said and stood up to get ready. Well, this is my 1st debut comeback, so I'm going to make my fans happy. After all the shows are done, I'm going to do a VLive. Soon there will be a fan meeting and fan sign event this month.

"Ok~" as I stretched.

...

Now I'm here at a show, getting ready to perform on Mcountdown. I saw some groups busy around. I just bowed at them as they passed in front of me. They are good artists.

...

Days passed since 'New Born' was released, and my other songs gained 46 million views in just 6 days. The SRM (Solo Random Mission) TV show will be next month, as they said. I need to film first. So, I'm looking forward to what will happen.

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