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"Where have you been?"





Y/n's POV





I went home by 7 in the morning. Dayeon was already cooking breakfast with Ziyin jie at the kitchen. Ziyin decided to end her contract at her previous company so she could train here in our agency. It costed bucks to pay her contract termination but Ziyin can buy everything. She's very rich. Her family is richer than mine I guess...





"I sent mom and Mrs. Shen off to their flight" I replied to Dayeon who asked. "Were you with Xiaoting?" Ziyin asked. I partially nodded my head then lazily plopped down on the couch.





"Where's Hikaru and Jia?"





"Wow, you don't care about me?" I heard a raspy voice echoed around the room. "No, you're not my child, Sury" I felt her sit beside me. "I'm still your co-member and wingman, boss" she swung her feet to my lap. "Hikaru, I think, is still asleep. Jia isn't home"





"Is she at Planet Girl's house?"





"You know her"





I shook my head while giggling then opened the television. Unexpectedly, the first thing that popped on the screen was the photo of me taken by that Sehun Fansite.





"Ooh~ someone's going viral" Ruiqi commented.






'The internet is going frenzy because of this certain trainee under EXO D.O's agency! It was reported that Do Kyungsoo's entertainment is going to debut a new girl group and only revealed 4 out of 5 trainees debuting under the group. The 5th trainee was accidentally spotted by a fansite at the airport 4 weeks ago and went viral 4 days ago for going live. Yang Y/n, the 5th trainee, stunned everyone by her looks, voice, and replies on her Instagram live. [Shows a clip]. The trainee also opened a Twitter account and replied to some of her fan's posts. [Shows Screenshots]. Yang Y/n became a hot topic lately as she trended in 5 countries including South Korea under 3rd, 4th and 6th spots in the top trends list.'






"Who paid for the news" I awkwardly laughed. "I feel appreciated but it's unnecessary... i don't know, I'm happy but... im not used to this"





"Dont say that... you really caught the media's attention lately. You're the new trendsetter" Ruiqi nudged my shoulders. "You're promoting our group as well so it's a good news"






Well, I hope I won't get any nosy fans who will dig big time on my past...









































































A week has passed and our debut is very near. Teasers were being released each night and surprisingly, a lot of people are rooting for us. I was excited for our debut too because I got this solo MV and song in the album. Well, all of the members have. Its for the story line, our CEO said. Our debut album's name will be 'Sound of Youth'. Sounds cringey but i like it. Sunbaenim said it was named like that because our concept is like a 'musical'.  You know High School Musical? We act and perform at the same time in our act. Or to make it simple, he believes that in life, there's always this matching background music we can hear in our minds while we're in a moment or something.





Story lines are popular these days. I only liked one certain group's story line tho. Even Kyungsoo sunbenim's group has a story line but a bit messed up since some of his members left so it jumbled the idea. Our group's story line is simple. Since we're talking about Youth, our concept is about girls who got different problems in their teenage individual lives. Me, in the story, is a lovestrucked girl who gets cheated on. Similar to my situation in real life, right? I actually suggested it. Dayeon is a secret underground dancer because her family didn't want her to. Hikaru was a bullied exchanged student. Ruiqi is a laid off gamer who failed a lot in life and Jia joined the dance crew but gets bullied so Dayeon fought with her, escaped, then met the two other girls. In the story, i was the last one to be introduced. (I will create a one-shot here in this book about the concept to make it clear)





It's also been a week since Xiaoting talked to me. She really took my words seriously. Im glad but not at the same time. I was anxious if she's really following my words OR she's just spending her time with Yurina.





It's currently Monday and our debut is in the next 3 weeks. We've became more and more busy at the point we cant hold our phones anymore. When we go home after practicing, we eat dinner then straight up to bed then sleep. All of us were inactive in Social Medias already.





"Y/n-ssi" i heard Mrs. Bong call for me at the kitchen area. I was about to sleep when she called me. The members were already upstairs, probably resting.





"Ms. Shen told me to give this to you" she handed me a single red rose. It was a real rose with a note hanging on the stem. "Thank you" i thanked her then walked upstairs to my room. I locked the doors then removed the note from the flower. There's this vase inside of the room so I set the flower there together with the decoration ones.





'I'm writing this note because you told me not to talk to you until I break up with Yurina. You know it will take a bit of time so I decided to write letters to you. If I'm allowed to talk to you again, please let me know. (Turn the page)'





I chuckled as I realized the note was folded. There's still so much inside.





'Your debut is coming really soon! I've seen your photos and you looked really cool >o< I really liked your group's concept. You made me really proud >3< remember before? I told you when you debut, I will cook food for you. I will still cook for you but I will hand it to Mrs. Bong.



I miss you so much. I really wanted to talk to you but i will not annoy you anymore. Have you eaten dinner? Make sure you don't skip meals... Ziyin-jie is updating me about you and your group. She said you're doing a great job. Keep on making us proud, you still have a long way to go. I love you, baobei. I'll see you in dreamland <3'





She really follows me this time, huh.






I set aside the note then lay down in bed. I wish I could text her right now but if I do, she will think we're good already again. I should wait until she breaks up with Yurina, but when will that day come?










































































2 days before our official debut... my group has been working a lot. The flowers Xiaoting was sending me was displayed and arranged by Mrs. Bong in my room. I haven't opened all new 19 notes she sent me. Me and the others were working real hard, we even slept at the agency one night. Kyungsoo sunbaenim was also busy since he play the role of CEO and manager to us. He hasn't hired any new managers yet because he's scared we might go into someone's bad hands like what he and his group experienced before.





We're already done shooting our story line and main Music Video. It was fun but tiring at the same time. There's a lot of running and acting. I even jumped off a bridge in my solo MV!





I really put my feelings on my acting so I hope the viewers will like it. I havent tried acting before but I've watched plenty amount of dramas from different countries already. Imagine  being stucked at home for your entire 18 years.





"Good evening" i heard our dance room's door open. We were preparing to go home already after practicing since 6 in the morning. "Did you all eat already?" Kyungsoo sunbaenim asked. "We did already, sunbaenim" Dayeon replied. He nodded his head then looked around of the room. Before going home, we made sure everything is clean and in place so we're not nervous if he look around.





"Tomorrow is the last day before the debut, are you girls nervous?" He asked. Everyone hesitated at first but shyly nodded their heads later on. "Dont worry about that, i know you all will do well. All of you are aces" he held a thumbs up at us.





"Oh and by the way, tomorrow, you dont have to practice for a day. Rest yourselves up first then in the exact debut day, you will have rehearsals already for the press conference. You can use that time to practice"





"But, sunbaenim. Our performance is still not-"





"No no, it's perfect already. I always check up on you girls every afternoon for the regular results of practice, right? I can guarantee you all... your performance is perfect already. Please let body and mind rest first, they need it" Sunbaenim cut Jia off. "And to avoid future injuries, rest for a day first. Your vocals needs to rest as well. Your voices will be sore if you practice all day straight. Are you all taking vitamins regularly?"





"Ne!"





"Good, you can now all go home now. Let's schedule a dinner party tomorrow with the staffs and if you want to bring some family members, you can bring them. For the whole day tomorrow, you can rest. Fighting!" he flashed a smile then left. He acts like a dad to us and we're glad we have a caring CEO unlike other agencies. We've seen him memorizing some of his movie scripts while handling us in our Music Video location. He's a busy man with a lot of works. I dont know how he can do it all by himself.















































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"Y/n-ssi" a handmaiden who isn't Mrs. Bong called for me as i was about to climb up the stairs. She was holding the same rose with the familiar note hanging on the stem. "Mrs. Bong told me to hand it to you, she said it's from Ms. Shen" I took the flower then thanked the lady.





I opened the letter impatiently, never waited for myself to reach my room. The note's color today is new as well. Pale purple, the color both me and Xiaoting likes. Why? Because pale purple is lavender. Lavender is in France. I love France, she loves France.





'You're debut day is coming! I'm really excited about it. Mrs. Bong also told me you haven't opened the other notes i sent you so I decided to use another paper color that you like, hoping you'll read it.




How are you? Are you taking vitamins regularly? Don't overwork yourself and most importantly, don't over think yourself. I will be watching from a far for your debut stage! I wish I could go but it's in Monday, right? We have a schedule in Monday... anyways, I will give Mrs. Bong the food that I will make for you tomorrow! I will prepare some things tonight then cook tomorrow... you can share it with your members




Hey! I'm not a bad chef, right? I'm in the middle of bad and good so Mrs. Bong is helping me right now. Don't worry about me, I will not cut my fingers again. I have so much stories to share you but i only write this letter to give you encouragement for your day. If we have some time, let's catch up... see you soon! I love you'




Mrs. Bong? She's helping Xiaoting right now? I looked at the kitchen area and saw some handmaidens cleaning. I went there then approached the lady that gave me the flower earlier.






"Excuse me, miss?" I tapped her shoulders. She dried her hands on her apron then raised a questioning look at me. "Do you know where Mrs. Bong went?"






"Sorry, Y/n nim but she told me not to tell you" I thanked her then left the room. They're cooking somewhere... where might it be?















































Xiaoting's POV





I was cutting the vegetables when Mrs. Bong left to buy the missing ingredients that I forgot to buy earlier. I wasn't left alone in the house, there are guards and handmaidens somewhere in this big house.





I'm at Y/n's family house. The one our moms stayed at. I cant just cook in our house because my members might catch me.





In the middle of work, I heard the dogs barking outside. There are some guard dogs too. I thought it was Mrs. Bong but as the front door opened, it revealed Y/n in her favorite coat.






I gulped the look down to the vegetables I was cutting. I got caught. It was supposedly a surprise dish to her. I heard her footsteps come close to me and she stopped in front of the kitchen island. I took a glance on her and saw her looking at me back.





Her gaze nowadays made me feel shy unlike before that I could stare into her eyes all day. She's not talking, just staring to me. I will never talk because she told me not to until I break up with Yurina or wait for her cue.





At the corner of my eye, I saw her walk away but her footsteps was still around this room. I felt a presence behind me that made my heart beat fast. I know it's her but I'm not sure about her next actions. Who knows maybe she got a knife on her hand already then sta-





"I missed you" instead of a knife in my imagination, I felt her hands wrap around my waist, her head resting on my shoulders. Her breath brushed into my skin that sent shivers to my spine.





Can i talk now?





"Im sorry for not reading some of your notes, I was very tired" I heard her whisper to me. So she already saw the note in the lavender colored paper? I knew it. She really likes the color a lot.





"I love you too" I felt her kiss the back of my shoulder.





She really knows how to drive me crazy.





"You can talk now, dummy" she chuckled as she rested her head back to my shoulders again. "What are you cooking?"





"It's a secret" I replied shortly. "Why are you here tho?"





"I told you, I missed you. Don't you miss me?"





"I do... i missed you so much"


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